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Paul F Dellaripa
Job title: Associate Professor
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Sophie Mavrogeni
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George Markousis-Mavrogenis
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Genovefa Kolovou
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3 years ago
Rheumatoid arthritis, the spondyloarthropathies, systemic lupus erythematosus, systemic vasculitides, inflammatory myopathies, systemic sclerosis and mixed connective tissue disease are autoimmune rheumatic diseases (ARDs) with high incidence of cardiovascular disease (CVD).1 CVD is usually underestimated in patients with rheumatic diseases, because the main focus of rheumatologists is the signs…
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Author(s):
Sophie Mavrogeni
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George Markousis-Mavrogenis
,
Genovefa Kolovou
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3 years ago
Systemic means ‘pertaining to or affecting the whole body’ as opposed to a localised condition. A systemic disease is one that affects a number of organs and tissues, or the body as a whole. Systemic diseases, according to WHO classification,1 and cardiac diseases that developed during their course, are listed in Table 1.
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Thyroid diseases, pheochromocytoma and growth hormone…
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Milton Packer
Job title: Distinguished Scholar in Cardiovascular Science
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Madelon C Vonk
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3 years ago
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a common and fatal complication of connective tissue diseases (CTDs). By expert consensus, PAH is diagnosed when at right heart catheterisation a mean pulmonary arterial pressure (PAP) >25mmHg at rest or >30mmHg during exercise is measured, together with a normal wedge pressure and a normal or reduced cardiac output.1 The exact pathophysiological…
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Anne Mirjam Kerola
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Silvia Rollefstad
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Anne Grete Semb
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2 years ago
Author(s):
Peter Kabunga
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John G Coghlan
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3 years ago
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a devastating disease that without specific therapy is characterised by a progressive increase in pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR), leading to right ventricular failure and ultimately death. Among the conditions associated with PAH, connective tissue disease-associated PAH (CTD-PAH) is linked with the gravest prognosis (one-year survival of 50%) without…
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Ahmed Zwain
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Mohanad Aldiwani
,
Hussein Taqi
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2 years ago
Author(s):
Florim Cuculi
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Michel Zuber
,
Paul Erne
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3 years ago
The introduction of tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) strain was a great achievement in echocardiography and for the first time allowed true quantification of regional myocardial function. The central problem with this technique was the angle dependence and the unfavourable signal-to-noise ratio, which has been partially overcome with 2D speckle tracking. Figures 1 and 2 demonstrate application of…
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