In systemic sclerosis TAPSE/sPAP ratio can be used in addition to the DETECT algorithm for pulmonary arterial hypertension diagnosis.
Amalia ColalilloMaria Chiara GrimaldiValentina VaiarelloChiara PellicanoGiorgia LeodoriAntonietta GiganteAntonella RomanielloEdoardo RosatoPublished in: Rheumatology (Oxford, England) (2021)
In SSc patients with a DETECT algorithm step 2 total score >35 the TAPSE/sPAP ratio can be used to further select patients requiring RHC to confirm PAH diagnosis.
Keyphrases
- systemic sclerosis
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- interstitial lung disease
- end stage renal disease
- machine learning
- pulmonary artery
- pulmonary hypertension
- deep learning
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- prognostic factors
- rheumatoid arthritis
- idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
- coronary artery
- patient reported