Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
8662924 International Journal of Cardiology 2017 6 Pages PDF
Abstract
Asymptomatic heart involvement is common in SSc patients and includes focal and diffuse myocardial fibrosis. GDF-15 and galectin-3 were positively correlated with myocardial fibrosis parameters. Future outcome studies must show whether measurement of GDF-15 and galectin-3 in SSC patients might be may be useful in clinical practice.
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Myocardial fibrosis detected by magnetic resonance in systemic sclerosis patients - Relationship with biochemical and echocardiography parameters
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