Pulmonary vascular disease (PVD) in patients with Sjögren syndrome - a prospective cross-sectional study

Conclusions: In this first prospective study evaluating the prevalence of PVD in Sjögren syndrome, 0/86 patients had manifest PH, N=8 had EPH and N=1 had mild PAP elevation. These findings were associated with older age and diastolic LV-dysfunction.

Source: European Respiratory Journal - November 20, 2019 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Douschan, P., Horwath-Winter, J., Hermann, J., Stradner, M., Sassmann, T., Foris, V., Avian, A., Olschewski, H., Kovacs, G. Tags: Pulmonary hypertension Source Type: research