Isolated Exercise-Induced Pulmonary Hypertension Associates with Higher Cardiovascular Risk in Scleroderma Patients.

Rosalinda MadonnaRiccardo MorgantiFrancesco RadicoPiergiusto VitulliMarco MascellantiPaolo Amerio Raffaele De Caterina

Published in: Journal of clinical medicine (2020)

Isolated ExPH associates with higher cardiovascular risk and thus clinical worsening in scleroderma patients. The assessment of ExPH by CPET can thus contribute to a better risk stratification and the planning of a more adequate follow-up.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
pulmonary hypertension
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
systemic sclerosis
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
patient reported outcomes
pulmonary arterial hypertension
patient reported