Rheumatology

Pulmonary Hypertension

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Would you perform screening for pulmonary hypertension in a patient who has biopsy-proven Sjogren's but has a centromere antibody?

If symptoms include only sicca and Raynaud's with no respiratory symptoms, would you still be concerned enough with the centromere antibody to screen ...

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What protective post-op measures do you recommend for a patient with scleroderma and a history of ILD, PH, Raynaud’s and digital ischemia undergoing cardiothoracic surgery?

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How do you approach management of a patient with idiopathic PAH and +ANA, but no other current symptoms/signs of active rheumatologic disease?

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Is there a role for immunosuppression in addition to standard PAH therapy in the management of pulmonary hypertension associated with primary Sjogrens syndrome?

Assuming other non CTD related causes for PAH have been excluded

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How do you clinically distinguish between group I and group III PH in patients with CTD-ILD?

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What criteria do you use on echocardiogram and PFT to determine who needs further evaluation for CTD-associated pulmonary hypertension?

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Papers discussed in this category

Eur Heart J, 2015 Aug 29

2015 ESC/ERS Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary hypertension: The Joint Task Force for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Respiratory Society (ERS): Endorsed by: Association for European Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology (AEPC), International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT).

Eur Respir J, 2019 Jan 24

Diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension.

The European respiratory journal, 2019-01

Risk stratification and medical therapy of pulmonary arterial hypertension.

Eur Respir J, 2019 Jan 24

Pulmonary hypertension in chronic lung disease and hypoxia.

Chest, 2021 Feb

Consensus Guidelines for Evaluation and Management of Pulmonary Disease in Sjögren's.

Blood pressure monitoring, 2022 Oct 20

Nailfold video-capillaroscopy in the study of cardiovascular disease: a systematic review.

International journal of cardiology, 2025 Mar 08

Pulmonary hypertension in patients with Sjögren's syndrome: Gender differences in cardiovascular risk factors and instrumental data.

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