Mild elevation of pulmonary vascular resistance predicts mortality regardless of mean pulmonary artery pressure in mild interstitial lung disease.

Tomonori Sato Taiki FurukawaRyo TeramachiJun FukiharaYasuhiko YamanoToshiki YokoyamaToshiaki MatsudaKensuke KataokaTomoki KimuraKoji SakamotoMakoto IshiiYasuhiro Kondoh

Published in: Thorax (2024)

Mild elevation of PVR was associated with a higher mortality rate in patients with newly diagnosed ILD, even in those with MPAP≤20 mm Hg.

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