Left heart disease: a frequent cause of early pulmonary hypertension in systemic sclerosis, unrelated to elevated NT-proBNP levels or overt cardiac fibrosis but associated with increased levels of MR-proANP and MR-proADM: retrospective analysis of a French Canadian cohort.

Miller, L; Chartrand, S; Koenig, M; Goulet, J-R; Rich, É; Chin, A S; Chartrand-Lefebvre, C; Abrahamowicz, M; Senécal, J-L; Grodzicky, T

Miller, L; Chartrand, S; Koenig, M; Goulet, J-R; Rich, É; Chin, A S; Chartrand-Lefebvre, C; Abrahamowicz, M; Senécal, J-L; Grodzicky, T.

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Miller L; Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Centre of the University of Montreal (CHUM) , Montreal, Québec , Canada.

Scand J Rheumatol ; 43(4): 314-23, 2014.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25089008

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Adrenomedullin/blood; Heart Diseases/complications; Hypertension, Pulmonary/etiology; Myocardium/pathology; Natriuretic Peptide, Brain/blood; Peptide Fragments/blood; Scleroderma, Systemic/complications; Adult; Aged; Biomarkers/blood; Canada; Female; Fibrosis; Heart Diseases/blood; Humans; Hypertension, Pulmonary/blood; Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine; Male; Middle Aged; Retrospective Studies; Scleroderma, Systemic/blood

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Health context: 6_ODS3_enfermedades_notrasmisibles Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Peptide Fragments / Scleroderma, Systemic / Natriuretic Peptide, Brain / Adrenomedullin / Heart Diseases / Hypertension, Pulmonary / Myocardium Type of study: Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Adult / Aged / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Country/Region as subject: America do norte Language: En Journal: Scand J Rheumatol Year: 2014 Document type: Article

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