Exercise Echocardiography Predicts Future Development of Pulmonary Hypertension in a High-Risk Cohort of Scleroderma Patients.
CONCLUSION: In this high-risk cohort of patients with SSc, a positive EE may predict the future development of resting PH. In addition, a majority of patients may have a persistently positive EE for years without progression to resting PH. Finally, a consistently negative EE may identify patients at low risk for future PH.
PMID: 31732551 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: J Rheumatol - Category: Rheumatology Authors: Quinn KA, Wappel SR, Kuru T, Steen VD Tags: J Rheumatol Source Type: research
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