An update on the evaluation and management of pulmonary hypertension in scleroderma. 2012

John G Coghlan, and Benjamin Schreiber, and Benjamin Schrieber
Department of Cardiology, Royal Free Hospital, London NW3 2QG, England, UK. gerry.coghlan@nhs.net

Pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with scleroderma (SScPAH) is a debilitating, highly lethal condition that responds to an array of therapies. Quality of life and prognosis are substantially improved by treatment, and early diagnosis and treatment are associated with improved outcomes. There are serious limitations to current screening programs. Many more questions need to be addressed. Why is PAH so common in SSc? Why is the tolerance of pulmonary hypertension so poor in scleroderma? What are the best measures of response to therapy in SSc patients with PAH? Should we use different parameters in prognostic scores in SScPAH? Why is postcapillary pulmonary hypertension so common in SSc? How do we reliably differentiate lung disease-associated pulmonary hypertension from PAH? The aim of this review is to summarize the main areas of progress over the past decade and to look to the challenges for the next decade.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D006976 Hypertension, Pulmonary Increased VASCULAR RESISTANCE in the PULMONARY CIRCULATION, usually secondary to HEART DISEASES or LUNG DISEASES. Pulmonary Hypertension
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012595 Scleroderma, Systemic A chronic multi-system disorder of CONNECTIVE TISSUE. It is characterized by SCLEROSIS in the SKIN, the LUNGS, the HEART, the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, the KIDNEYS, and the MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM. Other important features include diseased small BLOOD VESSELS and AUTOANTIBODIES. The disorder is named for its most prominent feature (hard skin), and classified into subsets by the extent of skin thickening: LIMITED SCLERODERMA and DIFFUSE SCLERODERMA. Sclerosis, Systemic,Systemic Scleroderma,Systemic Sclerosis

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