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== Echocardiography == | == Echocardiography == | ||
All patients with MCTD should be [[Screening (medicine)|screened]] annually with [[echocardiography]] for detection of [[Pulmonary hypertension|pulmonary artery hypertension]].<ref name="pmid27436003">{{cite journal |vauthors=Ciang NC, Pereira N, Isenberg DA |title=Mixed connective tissue disease-enigma variations? |journal=Rheumatology (Oxford) |volume=56 |issue=3 |pages=326–333 |date=March 2017 |pmid=27436003 |doi=10.1093/rheumatology/kew265 |url=}}</ref> | All patients with MCTD should be [[Screening (medicine)|screened]] annually with [[echocardiography]] for detection of [[Pulmonary hypertension|pulmonary artery hypertension]].<ref name="pmid27436003">{{cite journal |vauthors=Ciang NC, Pereira N, Isenberg DA |title=Mixed connective tissue disease-enigma variations? |journal=Rheumatology (Oxford) |volume=56 |issue=3 |pages=326–333 |date=March 2017 |pmid=27436003 |doi=10.1093/rheumatology/kew265 |url=}}</ref> | ||
* For more information about [[echocardiography]] findings in [[Pulmonary hypertension|pulmonary artery hypertension]] click '''[[Pulmonary hypertension echocardiography or ultrasound|here]]'''. | |||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Shaghayegh Habibi, M.D.[2]
Overview
There are no ultrasound findings associated with mixed connective tissue disease. All patients with MCTD should be screened annually with echocardiography for detection of pulmonary artery hypertension.
Ultrasound
There are no ultrasound findings associated with mixed connective tissue disease.
Echocardiography
All patients with MCTD should be screened annually with echocardiography for detection of pulmonary artery hypertension.[1]
- For more information about echocardiography findings in pulmonary artery hypertension click here.
References
- ↑ Ciang NC, Pereira N, Isenberg DA (March 2017). "Mixed connective tissue disease-enigma variations?". Rheumatology (Oxford). 56 (3): 326–333. doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kew265. PMID 27436003.