exercise and pulmonary complications Archives

Abstract Number: 836 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014
Categorical Change in 6MWD in Patients with Connective Tissue Disease Associated Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Receiving Ambrisentan over 3-Years
Aryeh Fischer¹, Virginia D. Steen², Steven Nathan³, Hunter Gillies⁴, James Tislow⁵ and Chris Blair⁶, ¹Rheumatology / ILD Program, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO, ²Department of Rheumatology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, ³Heart Failure/Transplant, Inova Medical Group, Falls Church, VA, ⁴Clinical Research - Cardiovascular, Gilead Sciences, Inc., Foster City, CA, ⁵Medical Affairs, Gilead Sciences, Inc., Foster City, CA, ⁶Biostatistics, Gilead Sciences, Inc., Foster City, CA
Background/Purpose: The 6MWD is a valuable tool for evaluating response to therapy in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension and may be considered a surrogate measure…

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