Pericardial abnormalities predict the presence of echocardiographically defined pulmonary arterial hypertension in systemic sclerosis-related interstitial lung disease.

Fischer, Aryeh; Misumi, Shigeki; Curran-Everett, Douglas; Meehan, Richard T; Ulrich, Sandra K; Swigris, Jeffrey J; Frankel, Stephen K; Cosgrove, Gregory P; Lynch, David A; Brown, Kevin K

Fischer, Aryeh; Misumi, Shigeki; Curran-Everett, Douglas; Meehan, Richard T; Ulrich, Sandra K; Swigris, Jeffrey J; Frankel, Stephen K; Cosgrove, Gregory P; Lynch, David A; Brown, Kevin K.

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Fischer A; Division of Rheumatology, National Jewish Medical and Research Center, 1400 Jackson St, Denver, CO 80206. fischera@njc.org

Chest ; 131(4): 988-92, 2007 Apr.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17426200

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Echocardiography; Hypertension, Pulmonary/diagnostic imaging; Lung Diseases, Interstitial/complications; Pericardium/abnormalities; Scleroderma, Systemic/complications; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Forced Expiratory Volume; Humans; Hypertension, Pulmonary/etiology; Hypertension, Pulmonary/physiopathology; Male; Middle Aged; Pericardium/diagnostic imaging; Predictive Value of Tests; Pulmonary Diffusing Capacity; Pulmonary Wedge Pressure; Retrospective Studies; Severity of Illness Index; Tomography, X-Ray Computed

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Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Pericardium / Scleroderma, Systemic / Echocardiography / Lung Diseases, Interstitial / Hypertension, Pulmonary Type of study: Etiology_studies / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Adult / Aged / Aged80 / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Language: En Journal: Chest Year: 2007 Document type: Article Country of publication: United States

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