Abstracts tagged "measure and scleroderma"

Abstract Number: 694 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2013
Peripheral Bone Marrow-Derived Endothelial Progenitor Cells and N-Terminal Probrain Natriuretic Peptide in Scleroderma Mexican Patients With and Without Diastolic Dysfunction: A Preliminary Report
Jesús Sepúlveda^1,2, Olga Vera-Lastra³, Maria Pilar Cruz-Dominguez⁴, Laura Montiel-Cervantes⁵, Joaquín Gómez-León⁶, Luis Robles-Espinoza⁷, Ramón Lozano-Morales⁷, Sergio Mendoza-Alvarez¹, Rubiraida Molina-Aguilar⁵, Gabriela Medina⁸, Jorge Vela-Ojeda⁹ and Luis J. Jara¹⁰, ¹Internal Medicine, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico City, Mexico, ²Unidad de Estudios de Posgrado, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico, ³Internal Medicine, MD, Mexico City, Mexico, ⁴Division of Research, Hospital de Especialidades Centro Medico Nacional La Raza., Mexico, DF, Mexico, ⁵Hematology Laboratory, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico City, Mexico, ⁶Cardiology Department, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico City, Mexico, ⁷Central Laboratory, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico City, Mexico, ⁸CMN La Raza IMSS, Seris/Zachila s/n La Raza, Mexico City, Mexico, ⁹Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico City, Mexico, ¹⁰Research and Education, Hospital de Especialidades Centro Medico La Raza, México City, Mexico
Background/Purpose: Diastolic dysfunction (DD) in systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a marker of increased risk of death. The N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) is a neurohormone…