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Demographic and clinical differences between idiopathic and scleroderma-related pulmonary arterial hypertension: Russian National Registry analysis
Author(s) -
N. N. Yudkina,
E G Valeeva,
I N Taran,
Е. В. Николаева,
V M Paramonov,
И. А. Курмуков,
З. С. Валиева,
О А Архипова,
T. V. Martynyuk,
А. В. Волков,
Е. Л. Насонов,
И Е Чазова
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
systemic hypertension
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2542-2189
pISSN - 2075-082X
DOI - 10.26442/sg29142
Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary hypertension , scleroderma (fungus) , cardiology , chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension , pulmonary arterial pressure , pathology , inoculation
Pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with systemic sclerosis (SSc-PAH) and idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH) belong to group I in the clinical classification of PH, but there is evidence for significant differences in their survival due to current therapy. Objective: the objective of this report is to compare pts with (SSc-PAH) and (IPAH) based on data of Russian National Registry. Patients and methods: in the study we included 52 pts with IPAH and 50 with SSc-PAH. There were no differences in functional class (FC). Diagnosis was based on RHC. Results. At the moment of diagnosis average age of patients with SSc-PAH was 15 year higher (p

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