The Role of Conjunctival Microvasculation Combined with Echocardiography in Evaluating Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.
Jiangbiao XiongShujiao YuRen LiuXia FangRui WuPublished in: Disease markers (2021)
The ischemic area, VD, and MFI of conjunctival microvasculation in SLE-PAH patients can indicate the occurrence of severe SLE-PAH and improve the accuracy of echocardiography in evaluating the prognosis of SLE-PAH.
Keyphrases
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- pulmonary hypertension
- disease activity
- end stage renal disease
- left ventricular
- pulmonary artery
- polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
- computed tomography
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- risk assessment
- prognostic factors
- early onset
- heart failure
- brain injury
- drug induced
- subarachnoid hemorrhage