Pulmonary physiology is poorly associated with radiological extent of disease in systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease

The objective of this study was to determine the correlation of visual HRCT findings with severity, progression and mortality of SSc-ILD, and specifically whether HRCT findings and lung function measurements provide redundant or complementary measures of SSc-ILD severity and prognosis.

Source: European Respiratory Journal - May 1, 2019 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Jhajj, A., Gill, H. P., Hague, C. J., Murphy, D., Elicker, B., Soon, J., Sulaiman, N., Castillo-Saldana, D., Wilcox, P. G., Dunne, J., Lee, J. S., Wolters, P. J., Ley, B., Jones, K. D., Morisset, J., Ryerson, C. J. Tags: Original Articles: Research letters Source Type: research