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ArticleThe European respiratory journal2017

Right ventricular longitudinal strain is diminished in systemic sclerosis compared with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension.

Monica Mukherjee, Valentina Mercurio, Ryan J Tedford, Ami A Shah, Steven Hsu, Christopher J Mullin, Takahiro Sato, Rachel Damico, Todd M Kolb, Stephen C Mathai and 1 more

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Article in The European respiratory journal, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

34 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  4. Refining Risk Prediction in Systemic Sclerosis-Associated Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography · 2025
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  9. Prognostic Value of Echocardiographic Coupling Metrics in Systemic Sclerosis-Associated Pulmonary Vascular Disease.Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography · 2025
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  14. Right ventricle speckle tracking in bronchopulmonary dysplasia: one-year follow-up.The Egyptian heart journal : (EHJ) : official bulletin of the Egyptian Society of Cardiology · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Monica MukherjeeDivision of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA mmukher2@jhmi.edu.
Valentina MercurioDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Ryan J TedfordDivision of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Ami A ShahDivision of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Steven HsuDivision of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Christopher J MullinDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Takahiro SatoDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Rachel DamicoDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Todd M KolbDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Stephen C MathaiDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Paul M HassounDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.

Funding

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF MYOCARDIAL DISEASEST32HL007227 · NHLBI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI Chulan Kwon, WENDY S POST · 1985 to 2026
$21.2M
Mechanisms of Right Ventricular Dysfunction in Scleroderma-associated PAHR01HL114910 · NHLBI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI HASSOUN, PAUL M. · 2012 to 2023
$6.2M
Hopkins Clinical Center for Pulmonary Vascular Disease Phenomics ProgramU01HL125175 · NHLBI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI HASSOUN, PAUL M., MATHAI, STEPHEN C · 2015 to 2019
$1.1M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL114910NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL007227NHLBI NIH HHS U01 HL125175
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

EchocardiographyFamilial Primary Pulmonary HypertensionFemaleHumansHypertension, PulmonaryLongitudinal StudiesMaleMiddle AgedProspective StudiesScleroderma, SystemicSurvival AnalysisVentricular Dysfunction, Right

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PMID29167303
PMCPMC5843490

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