Epidemiology and disease characteristics of systemic sclerosis-related pulmonary arterial hypertension: Results from a real-life screening programme

Arthritis Research and Therapy

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Morrisroe, Kathleen ^a   Stevens, Wendy ^a,g   Sahhar, Joanne ^b,g   Rabusa, Candice ^a   Nikpour, Mandana ^a,g   Proudman, Susanna ^c,d,e   Hill, Catherine ^e   Lester, Sue ^e   Rischmueller, Maureen ^e   Walker, Jenny ^e   Nash, Peter ^f   Ngian, Gian ^g   Roddy, Janet ^h   Strickland, Gemma ^g   Thakkar, Vivek ⁱ   Zochling, Jane ^j  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^e ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f Queensland Academy of Sport   (United States)

^g Victoria University   (United States)

^h Perth Zoo   (United States)

ⁱ Western Sector Public Health Unit   (United States)

^j NONE   (United States)

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Author keywords

Pulmonary arterial hypertension; Scleroderma; Screening algorithm; Systemic sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RHEUMATOLOGIST; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; AGED; COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; RHEUMATOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; RHEUMATOLOGY; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC;

EID: 85014782517     PISSN: 14786354     EISSN: 14786362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13075-017-1250-z     Document Type: Article

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