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Screening for pulmonary arterial hypertension in systemic sclerosis
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a dreaded complication of systemic sclerosis (SSc) that occurs in ∼10% of patients. Most individuals present with severe symptoms, significant functional impairment and severe haemodynamics at diagnosis, and survival after PAH diagnosis is poor. Therefore, ea...
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European Respiratory Society
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9488700/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31366460 http://dx.doi.org/10.1183/16000617.0023-2019 |
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author | Weatherald, Jason Montani, David Jevnikar, Mitja Jaïs, Xavier Savale, Laurent Humbert, Marc |
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description | Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a dreaded complication of systemic sclerosis (SSc) that occurs in ∼10% of patients. Most individuals present with severe symptoms, significant functional impairment and severe haemodynamics at diagnosis, and survival after PAH diagnosis is poor. Therefore, early diagnosis through systematic screening of asymptomatic patients has the potential to identify PAH at an early stage. Current evidence suggests that early diagnosis and treatment of PAH in patients with SSc may lead to better clinical outcomes. Annual screening may include echocardiography, but this can miss some patients due to suboptimal visualisation or insufficient tricuspid regurgitation. Other options for screening include the DETECT algorithm or the use of a combination of pulmonary function testing (forced vital capacity/diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide ratio) and N-terminal-pro-brain natriuretic peptide levels. Symptomatic patients, those with an elevated tricuspid regurgitation velocity on echocardiogram with or without secondary echocardiographic features of PAH, and those who screen positive on the DETECT or other pulmonary function test algorithms should undergo right heart catheterisation. Exercise echocardiography or cardiopulmonary exercise testing, nailfold capillaroscopy and molecular biomarkers are promising but, as yet, unproven potential options. Future screening studies should employ systematic catheterisation to define the true predictive values for PAH. |
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spelling | pubmed-94887002022-11-14 Screening for pulmonary arterial hypertension in systemic sclerosis Weatherald, Jason Montani, David Jevnikar, Mitja Jaïs, Xavier Savale, Laurent Humbert, Marc Eur Respir Rev Review Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a dreaded complication of systemic sclerosis (SSc) that occurs in ∼10% of patients. Most individuals present with severe symptoms, significant functional impairment and severe haemodynamics at diagnosis, and survival after PAH diagnosis is poor. Therefore, early diagnosis through systematic screening of asymptomatic patients has the potential to identify PAH at an early stage. Current evidence suggests that early diagnosis and treatment of PAH in patients with SSc may lead to better clinical outcomes. Annual screening may include echocardiography, but this can miss some patients due to suboptimal visualisation or insufficient tricuspid regurgitation. Other options for screening include the DETECT algorithm or the use of a combination of pulmonary function testing (forced vital capacity/diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide ratio) and N-terminal-pro-brain natriuretic peptide levels. Symptomatic patients, those with an elevated tricuspid regurgitation velocity on echocardiogram with or without secondary echocardiographic features of PAH, and those who screen positive on the DETECT or other pulmonary function test algorithms should undergo right heart catheterisation. Exercise echocardiography or cardiopulmonary exercise testing, nailfold capillaroscopy and molecular biomarkers are promising but, as yet, unproven potential options. Future screening studies should employ systematic catheterisation to define the true predictive values for PAH. European Respiratory Society 2019-07-31 /pmc/articles/PMC9488700/ /pubmed/31366460 http://dx.doi.org/10.1183/16000617.0023-2019 Text en Copyright ©ERS 2019. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is open access and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Licence 4.0. |
spellingShingle | Review Weatherald, Jason Montani, David Jevnikar, Mitja Jaïs, Xavier Savale, Laurent Humbert, Marc Screening for pulmonary arterial hypertension in systemic sclerosis |
title | Screening for pulmonary arterial hypertension in systemic sclerosis |
title_full | Screening for pulmonary arterial hypertension in systemic sclerosis |
title_fullStr | Screening for pulmonary arterial hypertension in systemic sclerosis |
title_full_unstemmed | Screening for pulmonary arterial hypertension in systemic sclerosis |
title_short | Screening for pulmonary arterial hypertension in systemic sclerosis |
title_sort | screening for pulmonary arterial hypertension in systemic sclerosis |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9488700/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31366460 http://dx.doi.org/10.1183/16000617.0023-2019 |
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