Correlation between intrarenal arterial stiffness and exercise tolerance in systemic sclerosis patients without renal and cardiopulmonary impairment: The role of the microvascular damage

Int J Cardiol. 2015 Apr 15:185:122-4. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.03.089. Epub 2015 Mar 10.

¹ Sapienza University of Rome, Department of Clinical Medicine, Clinical Immunology Unit-Scleroderma Center, Italy. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Sapienza University of Rome, Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Cardiology Unit, Italy.
³ Sapienza University of Rome, Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Italy.
⁴ Sapienza University of Rome, Department of Clinical Medicine, Clinical Immunology Unit-Scleroderma Center, Italy.

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Keywords: Capillaroscopy; Cardiopulmonary exercise test; Doppler ultrasound; Pulmonary vasculopathy; Renal resistive index; Systemic sclerosis.

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