Abstracts tagged "Pulmonary hypertension"

Abstract Number: 710 • ACR/ARP Annual Meeting 2019
Relationship Between High-Resolution Computer Tomography and FVC% Predicted for Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension in Systemic Sclerosis
Sara Jaafar¹, Paul Cronin ², Dharshan Vummidi ¹, Scott Visovatti ¹, Amber Young ³, Suiyuan Huang ¹, Vallerie McLaughlin ⁴ and Dinesh Khanna ⁵, ¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Unviersity of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ³University of Michigan, Ann Arbot, ⁴Univeristy of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁵Department of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, Ann Arbor
Background/Purpose: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is one of the leading causes of mortality in scleroderma-spectrum disorders (SSc). FVC% has been used to differentiate Group 1…
Abstract Number: 1831 • ACR/ARP Annual Meeting 2019
Subtypes of Scleroderma Lung Involvement Associated with Burden of Disease and Outcomes
Sarah French¹, Kim Taylor ¹, Stephanie Rush ² and Francesco Boin ¹, ¹UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ²University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Pulmonary disease is a leading cause of mortality in scleroderma (SSc). Previous studies indicate that the coexistence of pulmonary hypertension (PH) and interstitial lung…