Risk Factors for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Systematic Review and Expert Consensus.

Tatsuya AtsumiSang-Cheol BaeHong GuWen-Nan HuangMeng Tao LiMandana NikpourMasato OkadaDavid PriorPetar AtanasovXiaobin JiangLiam WilsonPaul BloomfieldDavid Bin-Chia WuYogeshwar Makanji

Published in: ACR open rheumatology (2023)

The risk factors we identified could be used in a screening algorithm to identify patients with SLE with a high risk of developing PAH to facilitate early diagnosis, which could improve prognosis and management of these patients.

Keyphrases

pulmonary arterial hypertension
risk factors
end stage renal disease
pulmonary artery
pulmonary hypertension
ejection fraction
systemic lupus erythematosus
chronic kidney disease
newly diagnosed
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
disease activity
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons