Usefulness of echocardiography in the identification of an excessive increase in pulmonary arterial pressure in patients with systemic sclerosis.

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Published in Kardiol Pol on January 01, 2011

Authors

Michał Ciurzyński1, Piotr Bienias, Katarzyna Irzyk, Zuzanna Rymarczyk, Maciej Kostrubiec, Agnieszka Szewczyk, Maria Glińska-Wielochowska, Joanna Zyłkowska, Marcin Kurzyna, Piotr Pruszczyk

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Medical University, Warsaw, Poland. michal.ciurzynski@wum.edu.pl

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