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[Hemodynamic and lung function analytic findings in so-called collagen diseases]
1III. Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik der Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen.
Pneumologie (Stuttgart, Germany)
|February 1, 1990
Summary
Connective tissue diseases often cause elevated pulmonary arterial pressure and left-ventricular dysfunction. Pulmonary involvement progresses rapidly, becoming the main prognostic factor, necessitating early right-heart catheterization for connective tissue disease patients.
Area of Science:
- Cardiology
- Pulmonology
- Rheumatology