Pulmonary arterial hypertension in Saudi patients with systemic sclerosis: Clinical and hemodynamic characteristics and mortality

CONCLUSION: Our cohort of Saudi SSc-PAH patients has a younger disease onset and a lower mortality than what is described worldwide despite late presentation and requirement of combination therapy. The presence of RP and lower were associated with the development of SSc-PAH.

Source: Annals of Thoracic Medicine - January 10, 2019 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Hadil AK Al Otair Majdy M Idrees Sarfraz A Saleemi Ahmed M Eltoukhy Ali A Alhijji Waleed A Al Habeeb Mohammed A Omair Source Type: research