Impact of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension on Left Ventricular Function – a Comparative Study between Scleroderma and Coronary Artery Disease

Cucuruzac Roxana; Marton Emese; Hodas Roxana; Blendea Ciprian; Pirvu Mirela; Benedek Annabella; Benedek Theodora

doi:10.2478/jim-2018-0028

Journal of Interdisciplinary Medicine (Sep 2018)

Impact of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension on Left Ventricular Function – a Comparative Study between Scleroderma and Coronary Artery Disease

Cucuruzac Roxana,
Marton Emese,
Hodas Roxana,
Blendea Ciprian,
Pirvu Mirela,
Benedek Annabella,
Benedek Theodora

Affiliations

Cucuruzac Roxana: University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Tîrgu Mureș, Romania
Marton Emese: Center of Advanced Research in Multimodality Cardiac Imaging, Cardio Med Medical Center, Tîrgu Mureș, Romania
Hodas Roxana: University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Tîrgu Mureș, Romania
Blendea Ciprian: University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Tîrgu Mureș, Romania
Pirvu Mirela: University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Tîrgu Mureș, Romania
Benedek Annabella: University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Tîrgu Mureș, Romania
Benedek Theodora: University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Tîrgu Mureș, Romania

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jim-2018-0028
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 3
pp. 173 – 180

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Background: The impact of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) on left ventricular performance in patients with scleroderma is still unknown. This study aims to perform a comparative echocardiographic analysis of left ventricular function between two different etiological varieties of PAH, namely PAH caused by systemic sclerosis as a representative of systemic inflammatory diseases and PAH caused by myocardial ischemia.

Published in Journal of Interdisciplinary Medicine

ISSN: 2501-8132 (Online)
Publisher: Sciendo
Country of publisher: Poland
LCC subjects: Medicine
Website: https://sciendo.com/journal/JIM

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