Mixed connective tissue disease ultrasound or echocardiography

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.

Overview