Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Identifies High-Risk Systemic Sclerosis Patients with Normal Echocardiograms and Provides Incremental Prognostic Value.
George Markousis-MavrogenisVasiliki-Kalliopi BourniaStylianos PanopoulosLoukia KoutsogeorgopoulouGeorge KanoupakisDimitrios ApostolouGikas KatsifisMichail PolychroniadisTheodoros DimitroulasGenovefa KolovouGeorge D KitasSophie I MavrogeniPetros P SfikakisPublished in: Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) (2019)
A normal echocardiogram does not preclude myocardial lesions in diffuse SSc patients, which can be detected by CMR especially in symptomatic patients.