ACR Meeting Abstracts
Abstract Number: 0550 • ACR Convergence 2021
Hilde Jenssen Bjørkekjær1, Håvard Fretheim2, Helene Marjavara Inselseth3, Øyvind Midtvedt4, Imon Barua4, Torhild Garen5, Helle Bitter1, Arne Andreassen6, Øyvind Molberg4, Kaspar Broch6 and Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold4, 1Department of Rheumatology, Sørlandet sykehus HF, Kristiansand, Norway, 2Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, 3University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, 4Department of Rheumatology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, 5Department of Rheumatology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Nepal, 6Department of Cardiology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Background/Purpose: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a major clinical challenge in systemic sclerosis (SSc). It is associated with impaired quality of life and high mortality.…