Early detection of cardiac involvement in systemic sclerosis assessed by tissue-Doppler echocardiography: relationship with neurohormonal activation and endothelial dysfunction.

OBJECTIVE: Cardiopulmonary complications are common in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). We assessed cardiac involvement in patients with SSc using echocardiography and investigated the association of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) and asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA)...

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Main Authors: Dimitroulas, T, Giannakoulas, G, Papadopoulou, K, Karvounis, H, Dimitroula, H, Koliakos, G, Karamitsos, T, Parcharidou, D, Settas, L
פורמט: Journal article
שפה:English
יצא לאור: 2010