Exercise-induced pulmonary hypertension in scleroderma patients: A common finding but with elusive pathophysiology

Echocardiography

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 378-384

  Baptista, Rui ^a,b   Serra, Sara ^a   Martins, Rui ^a   Salvador, Maria João ^a   Castro, Graça ^a   Gomes, Manuel ^a   Santos, Lèlita ^a,b   Monteiro, Pedro ^a,b   Da Silva, Jose A Pereira ^a,b   Pêgo, Mariano ^a  

^a CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

diastolic dysfunction; pulmonary hypertension; scleroderma; stress echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING PRESSURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION PRESSURE; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84875813697     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/echo.12063     Document Type: Article

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