THE PROGNOSTIC VALUE OF RIGHT VENTRICULAR FREE WALL STRAIN AFTER LUNG TRANSPLANTATION IN PATIENTS WITH SCLERODERMA

Authors :: Akiko Goda
Nobuyuki Kagiyama
Marc Simon
John Gorcsan
Tetsuari Onishi
Norihisa Shigemura
Masataka Sugahara
Yuko Soyama
Source :: Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 71:A1955
Publication Year :: 2018
Publisher :: Elsevier BV, 2018.
Abstract: Lung transplantation is important therapeutic option for scleroderma patients with end stage lung disease. The means to determine long term prognosis after transplantation remains unclear. We studied 59 scleroderma patients before lung transplantation with routine and speckle tracking echo. A

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