Open AccessPrognostic value of right atrial stiffness in systemic sclerosis
Author(s) -
Ágnes Nógrádi,
Zsuzsanna Varga,
Máté Hajdu,
László Czirják,
András Komócsi,
Réka Faludi
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
clinical and experimental rheumatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.184
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1593-098X
pISSN - 0392-856X
DOI - 10.55563/clinexprheumatol/3vdmeh
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , arterial stiffness , proportional hazards model , blood pressure
We hypothesised that right atrial (RA) size and mechanics may have prognostic role in systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients without manifest pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), thus we aimed to investigate the prognostic power of RA volume, strain and stiffness parameters alone and when added to the echocardiographic marker of RV longitudinal systolic function.