Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Prevalence and Predictors.

CONCLUSION: These data confirm the low prevalence of PAH in SLE. In our cohort, occult left ventricular diastolic dysfunction was a frequent diagnosis of unexplained dyspnea. Dyspnea, DLCO, and NT-proBNP could be predictors of pulmonary hypertension in patients with SLE.
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Source: J Rheumatol - December 15, 2015 Category: Rheumatology Authors: Pérez-Peñate GM, Rúa-Figueroa I, Juliá-Serdá G, León-Marrero F, García-Quintana A, Ortega-Trujillo JR, Erausquin-Arruabarrena C, Rodríguez-Lozano C, Cabrera-Navarro P, Ojeda-Betancor N, Gómez-Sánchez MÁ Tags: J Rheumatol Source Type: research