Abstracts tagged "Dyspnea and systemic sclerosis"

Abstract Number: 1877 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015
Prevalence and Risk Factors for Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction in Scleroderma
Srikanth Vemulapalli¹ and Vivien Hsu², ¹Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, ²Medicine, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Background/Purpose: Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction (LVDD) is more common in systemic sclerosis (SSc) compared to the general population (1). Focal myocardial ischemia and fibrosis are…
Abstract Number: 2972 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015
Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis: Unexplored Mechanisms of Dyspnea
Sara R. Schoenfeld¹, George Alba², Josanna Rodriguez-Lopez³, Richard N. Channick³, Flavia V. Castelino⁴ and Marcy B. Bolster⁴, ¹Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³Pulmonary and Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁴Rheumatology, Allergy, Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) experience dyspnea for multiple reasons. Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET), an important tool in the evaluation of undifferentiated dyspnea, provides…