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Volume 35, Issue 1, March 2024



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Mediterr J Rheumatol 2020;31(3):369-73
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Peripheral Microangiopathy in Patients with Precapillary Pulmonary Hypertension: Correlation with Cardiac Function and Patients’ Functional Capacity. Study Design and Rationale
Alexandra Arvanitaki1,2,3, George Giannakoulas2, Eva Triantafyllidou1, Haralambos Karvounis2, Theodoros Dimitroulas1
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1. Fourth Department of Internal Medicine, Hippokration University Hospital, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
2.First Department of Cardiology, AHEPA University Hospital, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
3. Department of Cardiology III - Adult Congenital and Valvular Heart Disease, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany

Alexandra Arvanitaki , George Giannakoulas , Theodoros Dimitroulas 

Keywords: Peripheral microangiopathy, nailfold videocapillaroscopy, precapillary pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary arterial hypertension, systemic sclerosis
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