Abstracts tagged "Mortality"

Abstract Number: 0609 • ACR Convergence 2023
Mortality After Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant for Autoimmune Disease: Do Scleroderma Patients Fare Worse?
Marina Birck¹, Autumn Neville¹, Jan Storek², Harry Atkins³, Marie Hudson⁴, Ines Colmegna⁵, Jessie R. Lavoie⁶, Jun Gao⁷ and Sasha Bernatsky¹, ¹Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ³Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ⁴McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada, ⁵The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada, ⁶Health Canada, Centre for Oncology, Radiopharmaceuticals and Research, Biologic and Radiopharmaceutical Drugs Directorate, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ⁷Health Canada, Centre for Regulatory Excellence, Statistics and Trials, Biologic and Radiopharmaceutical Drugs Directorate, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) has benefitted some patients with autoimmune disease (AD) but is associated with toxicity and treatment-related mortality. Autologous HSCT…
Abstract Number: 1156 • ACR Convergence 2023
Presentations and Outcomes of Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies in Hong Kong
Iris Tang¹, Ho So², Teresa li³, Vivian Tang⁴, Chi Ho⁵ and Roy Ho⁶, ¹Department of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, ²Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, ³Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, ⁴North District Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, ⁵Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, ⁶Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Background/Purpose: Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) are a group of heterogeneous autoimmune diseases with cutaneous, musculoskeletal, and systemic involvements. The Hong Kong Myositis Registry (MyoHK) was…
Abstract Number: 1541 • ACR Convergence 2023
Neurologic Involvement Does Not Affect Cumulative Survival Rates in Patients with ANCA-associated Vasculitis and Is Less Commonly Associated with Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis in Patients with GPA
Gatr-alnada Gheriani¹ and Petar Lenert², ¹University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics, Tiffin, IA, ²University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA
Background/Purpose: The aim of this study was to analyze the incidence of nervous system manifestations in a cohort of patients with Microscopic Polyangiitis (MPA) and…
Abstract Number: 2122 • ACR Convergence 2023
Coronary Calcium and Carotid Artery Stiffness as Predictors of Cardiovascular Events and Mortality in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A 10-year Prospective Follow-up Study
Cristina Corrales Selaya¹, Nuria Vegas Revenga², Jose Antonio Parra³, Virginia Portilla⁴, Ricardo Blanco⁵, Miguel A Gonzalez-Gay⁶, Ivan Ferraz Amaro⁷ and Alfonso Corrales⁴, ¹Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ²Hospital Galdakao- Usansolo, Galdakao, Spain, ³Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology Department, Immunopathology Group, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla-IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ⁵Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ⁶IDIVAL and School of Medicine, UC, Santander; Department of Rheumatology, IIS-Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Santander, Spain, ⁷Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
Background/Purpose: The risk of mortality is increased in patients with RA compared to the general population. Different non-invasive surrogate markers of atherosclerosis have been implemented…
Abstract Number: 0618 • ACR Convergence 2023
Incident versus Prevalent Interstitial Lung Disease in Systemic Sclerosis in the EUSTAR Database: Different Disease Phenotypes and Prognosis
liubov Petelytska¹, Arthiha Velauthapillai², Lorenzo Tofani³, Patricia Carreira⁴, Giovanna Cuomo⁵, Eric Hachulla⁶, Ivan Castellvi⁷, Radim Becvar⁸, Alexandra Balbir-Gurman⁹, Paolo Airò¹⁰, Irena Litinsky¹¹, Lesley Ann Saketkoo¹², Madelon Vonk¹³, Jeska de Vries-Bouwstra¹⁴, Anna Maria Hoffmann-Vold¹⁵, marco Matucci Cerinic¹⁶, Oliver Distler¹⁷ and Cosimo Bruni¹⁷, ¹Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, ²Department of Rheumatology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ³Department of Statistics, Computer Science, Applications, University of Florence, Florence, Italy, ⁴Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ⁵Department of Precision Medicine, “Luigi Vanvitelli” University of Campania, Naples, Italy, ⁶University of Lille, Lille, France, ⁷Rheumatology, Hospital Universitari de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Sant Just Desvern, Spain, ⁸Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, Czech Republic, Department of Rheumatology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Praha, Czech Republic, ⁹Rheumatology Institute, Rambam Health Care Campus and Rappaport Faculty of |Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel, ¹⁰Spedali Civili di Brescia, Scleroderma UNIT, UOC Reumatologia ed Immunologia Clinica, Piazzale Spedali Civili 1, 25123, Brescia, Italy, ¹¹Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel, ¹²University Medical Center - Comprehensive Pulmonary Hypertension Center and ILD Clinic Programs // New Orleans Scleroderma and Sarcoidosis Patient Care & Research Centeris, New Orleans, LA, ¹³Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ¹⁴Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ¹⁵Oslo University Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, Oslo, Norway, ¹⁶Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare diseases, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Milan, Italy, ¹⁷Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Although 50% of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) present with interstitial lung disease (ILD) at baseline, new onset of ILD can also occur later…
Abstract Number: 1163 • ACR Convergence 2023
Anti-melanoma Differentiation Associated Gene 5 (Anti-MDA5) Antibody Dermatomyositis: Clinical Features and Outcome in a Racially Diverse Patient Cohort
Sai Koyoda¹, Dawn Wahezi², Xianhong Xie³, Anand Kumthekar⁴, Clement Tagoe³ and Bibi Ayesha⁵, ¹Essen Medical Center, Rahway, NJ, ²Children's Hospital at Montefiore, New Rochelle, NY, ³Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ⁴Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ⁵Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
Background/Purpose: Anti-melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5 (anti-MDA5) antibody dermatomyositis typically expresses rapidly progressing interstitial lung disease (RP-ILD) and ulcerative skin lesions, with or without muscle involvement.…
Abstract Number: 1542 • ACR Convergence 2023
The Burden of Multimorbidity in ANCA-Associated Vasculitis: A Cohort Study
Zachary Wallace¹, Xiaoqing Fu², Shruthi Srivatsan², Zachary Williams², Claire Cook², Jennifer Hanberg², John Stone³, Hyon K. Choi⁴ and Yuqing Zhang⁵, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Newton, MA, ²Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Massachusetts General Hospital Rheumatology Unit, Harvard Medical School, Concord, MA, ⁴Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Lexington, MA, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: With improvements in the risks of relapse and mortality in ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV), a better understanding of disease- and treatment-related complications is necessary to…
Abstract Number: 2127 • ACR Convergence 2023
Associations Between Rheumatoid Arthritis, Frailty Status and Mortality in Older Adults with Bladder Cancer
Maya Swaminathan¹, Sarah Holt², John Gore², Yaw Nyame², Jonathan Wright², George Schade², Ami Shah³, Jeffrey Sparks⁴, Una Makris⁵, Petros Grivas⁶, Maria Suarez-Almazor⁷, Sarah Psutka² and Namrata Singh⁸, ¹University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²Department of Urology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ³Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Ellicott City, MD, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁵UT Southwestern Medical Center and Dallas VA, Dallas, TX, ⁶Division of Medical Oncology, Dept. of Medicine, UW; Clinical Research Division; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, ⁷MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, ⁸University of Washington, Bellevue, WA
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with an increased risk of developing certain cancers, including bladder cancer (Beydon et al. 20231). However, few studies have…
Abstract Number: 0644 • ACR Convergence 2023
Prediction of Stable SSc-ILD Depends on Definition of ILD Progression
Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold¹, Liubov Petelytska², Havard Fretheim¹, Trond Mogens Aaløkken³, Mike Becker⁴, Cathrine Brunborg⁵, Cosimo Bruni⁶, Christian Clarenbach⁷, Phuong Phuong Diep⁸, Rucsandra Dobrota⁶, Michael Durheim⁹, Muriel Elhai¹⁰, Thomas Frauenfelder¹¹, Suzana Jordan⁶, Emily Langballe¹², Carina Mihai⁶, Oyvind Midtvedt¹, Oyvind Molberg¹³ and Oliver Distler⁶, ¹Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ²Bogomolets National Medical University, Kyiv, Ukraine, ³Dept of Radiology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, ⁵Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Research Support Services, Oslo University Hospital - Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁷Dept of Pulmonology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁸Dept of Respiratory diseases, University Hospital Oslo, Oslo, Norway, ⁹Dept of Respiratory diseases, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ¹⁰University Hospital zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ¹¹Dept of Radiology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ¹²Universitetet i Oslo, Oslo, Norway, ¹³Dept of Rheumatology, University Hospital Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Background/Purpose: Progression of interstitial lung disease (ILD) reduces long-term survival in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc), and aggressive treatment and tight monitoring should be considered.…
Abstract Number: 1166 • ACR Convergence 2023
Patients with COVID-19 and Polymyositis Inpatient Outcomes and Hospital Cost: Nationwide Inpatient Sample 2020
Emily He¹ and Vaneet Sandhu², ¹Loma Linda University Health, Loma Linda, CA, ²Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA
Background/Purpose: During the COVID-19 pandemic, there were growing concerns regarding the impact of SARS-CoV-2 on not only patients with rheumatic diseases but also the national…
Abstract Number: 1622 • ACR Convergence 2023
Myositis-associated Autoantibodies in Juvenile Myositis Are Associated with Severe Disease Features and Mortality
Matthew Sherman¹, Payam Noroozi Farhad², Katherine Pak³, Iago Pinal-Fernandez³, Kakali Sarkar², Megan Neely⁴, Ira Targoff⁵, Frederick Miller⁶, Andrew Mammen⁷ and Lisa Rider⁸, ¹NIAMS/NIH, Washington, DC, ²Environmental Autoimmunity Group, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ³National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁴Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University, Durham, NC, ⁵Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, and Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁶NIH, NIEHS, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁷NIH, Bethesda, MD, ⁸NIEHS, NIH, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Myositis-associated autoantibodies (MAAs), such as anti-Ro52 autoantibodies (Abs), have been found to be associated with interstitial lung disease (ILD) and worse prognosis in the…
Abstract Number: 2128 • ACR Convergence 2023
Higher Vitamin D Levels Before Methotrexate Start Are Associated with Lower Subsequent Mortality in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Shahdi Malakooti¹, Hinnah Siddiqui², Brigid Wilson², Taissa Bej², Megan O'Mara², Nora Singer³, Grace McComsey⁴, Lenche Kostadinova⁵, Maya Mattar⁶, David Zidar⁵ and Donald Anthony⁷, ¹Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, ²Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, ³The MetroHealth System at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, ⁴University Hospitals Health System at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, ⁵Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, ⁶Louis Stokes VA Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, ⁷Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland VA Medical Center, The MetroHealth System, Cleveland, OH
Background/Purpose: Vitamin D is an immune-modulating hormone. Low Vitamin D levels have been associated with development of autoimmune disease and higher disease activity in early…
Abstract Number: 0645 • ACR Convergence 2023
Continuous Progressive ILD in Systemic Sclerosis Is Associated with Mortality
Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold¹, Liubov Petelytska², Havard Fretheim¹, Trond Mogens Aaløkken³, Mike Becker⁴, Cathrine Brunborg⁵, Cosimo Bruni⁶, Christian Clarenbach⁷, Phuong Phuong Diep⁸, Rucsandra Dobrota⁶, Michael Durheim⁹, Muriel Elhai¹⁰, Thomas Frauenfelder¹¹, Suzana Jordan⁶, Emily Langballe¹², Oyvind Midtvedt¹, Carina Mihai⁶, Oyvind Molberg¹³ and Oliver Distler⁶, ¹Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ²Bogomolets National Medical University, Kyiv, Ukraine, ³Dept of Radiology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, ⁵Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Research Support Services, Oslo University Hospital - Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁷Dept of Pulmonology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁸Dept of Respiratory diseases, University Hospital Oslo, Oslo, Norway, ⁹Dept of Respiratory diseases, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ¹⁰University Hospital zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ¹¹Dept of Radiology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ¹²Universitetet i Oslo, Oslo, Norway, ¹³Dept of Rheumatology, University Hospital Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Background/Purpose: We have previously shown that short term progression of interstitial lung disease (ILD) in systemic sclerosis (SSc) is associated with mortality. However, it is…
Abstract Number: 1169 • ACR Convergence 2023
All-cause Mortality and Risk Factors for Death in a Large Multi-center Prospective Registry Cohort of Idiopathic Inflammatory Myositis in China
Liying Peng¹, Peng Yin², Mucong Li³, Qian Wang⁴, Yanhong wang¹, Shuang Zhou⁴, chanyuan wu⁴, Jiuliang zhao¹, Dong xu⁵, Mengtao Li³ and xiaofeng Zeng⁴, ¹Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China, ²Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China, ³Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China, ⁵Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China
Background/Purpose: Our study depicted the mortality and independent risk factors of IIM patients in a large multi-center prospective registry cohort in China. Methods: Patients registered…
Abstract Number: 1699 • ACR Convergence 2023
Immunosuppression with Targeted Therapies Reduces Morbidity and Mortality in Pre-Capillary Pulmonary Hypertension Associated with Systemic Sclerosis: A EUSTAR Analysis
Cosimo Bruni¹, Havard Fretheim², Lorenzo Tofani³, Yannick Weber¹, Eric Hachulla⁴, Patricia Carreira⁵, Dilia Giuggioli⁶, Paolo Airò⁷, Elise Siegert⁸, Ulf Müller-Ladner⁹, marco Matucci Cerinic¹⁰, Gabriela Riemekasten¹¹, Carmen Pilar Simeon-Aznar¹², Jeska de Vries-Bouwstra¹³, Lesley Ann Saketkoo¹⁴, Joerg Distler¹⁵, Alexandra Balbir-Gurman¹⁶, Ivan Castellvi¹⁷, Elisabetta Zanatta¹⁸, Vanessa Smith¹⁹, Christopher Denton²⁰, Britta Maurer²¹, Alessandro Giollo¹⁸, Florenzo Iannone²², Lorenzo Dagna²³, Marie-Elise Truchetet²⁴, Masataka Kuwana²⁵, Yannick ALLANORE²⁶, Yoshiya Tanaka²⁷, Mickael Martin²⁸, Edoardo Rosato²⁹, Ana Maria Gheorghiu³⁰, Francesco Del Galdo³¹, Kamal Solanki³², Alessandra Vacca³³, CATARINA RESENDE³⁴, SUSANA VIEIRA³⁵, Laszlo Czirjak³⁶, Marko Barisic³⁷, Francesco Paolo Cantatore³⁸, valeria Riccieri³⁹, Kristofer Andréasson⁴⁰, Lorinda Chung⁴¹, Carolina Muller⁴², Daniela OPRIS-BELINSKI⁴³, Simona Rednic⁴⁴, Petros Sfikakis⁴⁵, Yair Levy⁴⁶, Anna Maria Hoffmann-Vold⁴⁷, Oliver Distler¹, Vivien Hsu⁴⁸, Stefan Heitmann⁴⁹, Gianluca Moroncini⁵⁰, Michele Iudici⁵¹, Joerg Henes⁵², Ellen De Langhe⁵³, Ariane Herrick⁵⁴ and Carlomaurizio Montecucco⁵⁵, ¹Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ²Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ³Department of Statistics, Computer Science, Applications, University of Florence, Florence, Italy, ⁴University of Lille, Lille, France, ⁵Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ⁶Scleroderma Unit, Rheumatology Unit, University Hospital of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy, ⁷Spedali Civili di Brescia, Scleroderma UNIT, UOC Reumatologia ed Immunologia Clinica, Piazzale Spedali Civili 1, 25123, Brescia, Italy, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, Charité University Hospital, Charité Platz 1, D-10117, Berlin, Germany, ⁹Justus Liebig University Gießen, Campus Kerckhoff, Bad Nauheim, Germany, ¹⁰Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare diseases, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Milan, Italy, ¹¹University Clinic Schleswit-Holstein (UKSH), Lübeck, Germany, ¹²Department of Internal Medicine, Systemic Autoimmune Diseases Unit, Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebronh, Barcelona, Spain, ¹³Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ¹⁴University Medical Center - Comprehensive Pulmonary Hypertension Center and ILD Clinic Programs // New Orleans Scleroderma and Sarcoidosis Patient Care & Research Centeris, New Orleans, LA, ¹⁵Clinic for Rheumatology University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty of Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany; Hiller Research Center, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty of Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany, ¹⁶Rheumatology Institute, Rambam Health Care Campus and Rappaport Faculty of |Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel, ¹⁷Rheumatology, Hospital Universitari de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Sant Just Desvern, Spain, ¹⁸Rheumatology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Padova, Padua, Italy, ¹⁹Ghent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium, ²⁰University College London, London, United Kingdom, ²¹University Hospital Bern, University Bern, Bern, Switzerland, ²²Rheumatology Unit, Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy, ²³Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy, ²⁴Bordeaux University Hospital, Bordeaux, France, ²⁵Nippon Medical School Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ²⁶Université Paris Cité, Paris, France, ²⁷University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan, ²⁸Department of Internal Medicine, INSERM U1313, Poitiers University, Poitiers University Hospital, Poitiers, France, ²⁹Department of Translational and Precision Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy, ³⁰Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Ion Cantacuzino Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania, ³¹University of Leeds - Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Muskuloskeletal Medicine, Leeds, United Kingdom, ³²Department of Rheumatology, Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand, ³³II Chair of Rheumatology, University of Cagliari-Policlinico Universitario, Monserrato, Italy, ³⁴Serviço de Reumatologia e Doenças Ósseas Metabólicas, Hospital de Santa Maria, CHLN, Lisboa, Portugal, ³⁵Hospital Fernando Fonseca, Lisbon, Portugal, ³⁶Dept. Rheumatol Immunol, Medical School, university of Pecs, Pecs, Hungary, ³⁷Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Zagreb, School of Medicine, University Hospital Center Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia, ³⁸Rheumatology Clinic – Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy, ³⁹Department of Clinical, Internal and Cardiovascular Specialities, Sapienza University of Rome, Roma, Italy, ⁴⁰Lund University, Lund, Sweden, ⁴¹Department of Medicine, Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Woodside, CA, ⁴²Federal University of Parana, CURITIBA / PR, Brazil, ⁴³Saint Mary Hospital, Bucharest, Romania, ⁴⁴Prof Dr Simona Rednic, Cluj, Romania, ⁴⁵National Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece, ⁴⁶Meir Medical Center, Autoimmune Research Laboratory, Kfar-Saba, Israel, ⁴⁷Oslo University Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, Oslo, Norway, ⁴⁸Rutgers-RWJ Medical School, South Plainfield, NJ, ⁴⁹Department of Rheumatology, Marienhospital Stuttgart, Böheimstrasse 37, D-70199, Stuttgart, Germany, ⁵⁰Marche Polytechnic University, Ancona, Italy, ⁵¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine Specialties, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland, ⁵²University Hospital Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany, ⁵³Division of Rheumatology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, ⁵⁴University of Manchester, Salford, United Kingdom, ⁵⁵Unità Operativa e Cattedra di Reumatologia, IRCCS Policlinico S Matteo, Pavia, Italy
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) associated pre-capillary pulmonary hypertension (precapPH) is a severe condition that requires prompt treatment. Although immunosuppressants (IMS) are standard of care for…

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