The importance of pulmonary pulse transit time in indicating right ventricular dysfunction and pulmonary arterial stiffness in rheumatoid arthritis.

Zeynep Ulutaş Hakan Tasolar Adil Bayramoglu Yakup Yigit Huseyın Emre Kuloglu Yucel Karaca Servet Yolbas Siho Hidayet Jülide Yağmur

Published in: Journal of clinical ultrasound : JCU (2023)

In RA patients, PPTT may be the first evidence of early abnormalities in pulmonary vascular hemodynamics. PPTT and PAS are the values that may predict each other in RA patients. Due to its more practical application, PPTT can be used instead of PAS to assess pulmonary hemodynamics.

Keyphrases

rheumatoid arthritis
end stage renal disease
pulmonary hypertension
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
blood pressure
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
oxidative stress
patient reported outcomes
interstitial lung disease
patient reported