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Limited Cutaneous Scleroderma-Related Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension — a Case Report

Limited Cutaneous Scleroderma-Related Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension — a Case Report

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Limited Cutaneous Scleroderma-Related Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension — a Case Report

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Limited Cutaneous Scleroderma-Related Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension — a Case Report

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Târgu Mureș: De Gruyter Poland

Journal title

Journal of Interdisciplinary Medicine, 2016-06, Vol.1 (1), p.97-102

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English

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Târgu Mureș: De Gruyter Poland

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Background: Pulmonary hypertension (PH), defined by mean pulmonary arterial pressure (PAPm) ≥25 mm Hg, can lead to increasing pulmonary vascular resistance, which eventually results in right ventricle failure. Scleroderma, as an autoimmune connective tissue disease, is associated with PH as a sub-group according to the 2015 ESC/ERS PH classificatio...

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Limited Cutaneous Scleroderma-Related Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension — a Case Report

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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_3156325665

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_3156325665

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2501-5974

E-ISSN

2501-8132

DOI

10.1515/jim-2016-0019

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