Echocardiography and pulmonary function as screening tests for pulmonary arterial hypertension in systemic sclerosis
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Echocardiography and pulmonary function as screening tests for pulmonary arterial hypertension in systemic sclerosis.
OBJECTIVE A prospective study to evaluate echocardiography and gas transfer (DLCO) by comparison with cardiac catheterization in discriminating between patients with and without systemic sclerosis-associated pulmonary arterial hypertension (SScPAH). METHOD A total of 137 (52 with and 85 without pulmonary fibrosis) had echocardiography and lung function tests within 3 months of their definitiv...
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عنوان ژورنال: Rheumatology
سال: 2004
ISSN: 1460-2172
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keh067