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Frequency of pulmonary hypertension in transthoracic echocardiography screening is not increased in Takayasu arteritis: Experience from a single center in Turkey.

Melike KalfaHakan EmmüngilOktay MusayevOzgül Soysal GündüzZevcet YılmazVedat İnalServet AkarNurullah AkkocFatoş ÖnenMeral KayıkçıoğluGokhan KeserKenan Aksu
Published in: European journal of rheumatology (2018)
The TTE findings suggested that the frequency of PH was not increased in TA. However, a low frequency of pulmonary arteritis in our series might have affected our results.
Keyphrases
  • pulmonary hypertension
  • pulmonary artery
  • pulmonary arterial hypertension
  • computed tomography
  • left ventricular
  • heart failure
  • coronary artery
  • atrial fibrillation