Assessment of pulmonary arterial hypertension in patients with systemic sclerosis: comparison of noninvasive tests with results of right-heart catheterization.

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Echo appeared to be the most useful among the noninvasive tests, mainly due to the high specificity, high positive predictive value, and highest AUC in evaluation of SSc with suspected PH, however, RHC should remain the gold standard.

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2008-03-01
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Medicine, Pulmonary hypertension, Pulmonary wedge pressure, Cardiology, DLCO

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