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Internal and Emergency Medicine

18-04-2024 | Arterial Hypertension | IM - COMMENTARY

When pulmonary arterial hypertension complicates connective tissue diseases: we still have not found what we are looking for

Authors: Antonietta Gigante, Silvia Papa, Edoardo Rosato, Roberto Badagliacca, Alberto Maria Marra

Published in: Internal and Emergency Medicine

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Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a possible and severe complication of connective tissue diseases (CTDs), and it is characterized by a progressive vasculopathy of the lung microcirculation which leads to increased pulmonary vascular resistance, right ventricular failure, and poor clinical outcomes if left untreated [1]. …
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Title
When pulmonary arterial hypertension complicates connective tissue diseases: we still have not found what we are looking for
Authors
Antonietta Gigante
Silvia Papa
Edoardo Rosato
Roberto Badagliacca
Alberto Maria Marra
Publication date
18-04-2024
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Published in
Internal and Emergency Medicine
Print ISSN: 1828-0447
Electronic ISSN: 1970-9366
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-024-03598-4
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