Poster session Wednesday 11 December all day display: 11/12/2013, 09:30-16:00 * Location: Poster area
Patrick Bertrand, Lars Grieten, C. J. P. P. Smeets, Frederik Hendrik Verbrugge et autres
Purpose: Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) involves the right heart (RH) with the appearance of pulmonary hypertension (PH). Whether SSc can directly affect RH function in absence of PH is unknown. Recently, 3D-echocardiography (3DE) and 2D-speckle tracking (2D-STE) have been validated to assess heart …