Abstracts tagged "risk assessment and scleroderma"

Abstract Number: 805 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018
Diastolic Dysfunction in Scleroderma: An Investigation into Associated Risk Factors and Impact on Survival
Alicia M. Hinze^1,2, Laura K. Hummers¹, Fredrick M. Wigley¹, Monica Mukherjee³ and Ami A. Shah¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ³Division of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Scleroderma heart disease often goes unrecognized until severe clinical manifestations are present. Diastolic dysfunction (DD) may identify patients at risk for cardiac complications by…