Can a New Scoring System Improve Prediction of Pulmonary Hypertension in Newly Recognised Interstitial Lung Diseases?
Malgorzata SobieckaKatarzyna LewandowskaJarosław KoberMonika FranczukAgnieszka SkoczylasWitold TomkowskiJan KuśMonika SzturmowiczPublished in: Lung (2020)
ILD patients with TLC/DLCO index > 1.67 have a high likelihood of PH and should undergo further evaluation. The composite model of PH prediction, including age, 6-min walk test and TLC/DLCO was highly specific for recognition of PH on echocardiography.