Contribution of Speckle Tracking to Estimation of Pulmonary Hypertension by Standard Doppler Echocardiography in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis and MCTD

Jiří Vymětal^1*, Martin Hutyra², Andrea Smržová¹, Martina Skácelová¹, Zuzana Heřmanová³, Kateřina Langová⁴ and Pavel Horák¹

¹Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic

²Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic

³Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic

⁴Department of Medical Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic

^*Corresponding Author: Jiří Vymětal, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry and University Hospital Olomouc, Czech Republic, Tel: +420 588 44 4310, Fax: +420 588 44 2526 Email: