Blunted coronary flow reserve in systemic sclerosis: A sign of cardiac involvement in asymptomatic patients

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 210-211

  Sulli, A ^a   Ghio, M ^b   Bezante, G P ^b   Deferrari, L ^b   Craviotto, C ^a   Sebastiani, V ^b   Setti, M ^b   Filaci, G ^b   Puppo, F ^b   Barsotti, A ^b   Cutolo, M ^a   Indiveri, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC;

EID: 9144266266     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2003.011072     Document Type: Article

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