Scleroderma Patients with Low Gas Exchange May Have Higher Risk of PH, Study Says
Almost a quarter of systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients with reduced gas exchange develop pulmonary hypertension (PH) within three years, according to a recent study that used right heart catheterization to measure pulmonary arterial pressures. Regular tests to assess PH, including right heart catheterization (RHC), might be useful in…