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ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Dominating Cause of Pulmonary Hypertension May Change Over Time-Diagnostic and Therapeutic Considerations in a Patient with Pulmonary Hypertension Due to Rheumatoid Arthritis with Lung Involvement.

Monika Szturmowicz, Monika Franczuk, Małgorzata Ewa Jędrych, Dorota Wyrostkiewicz, Karina Oniszh, Szymon Darocha, Krzysztof Kasperowicz, Marcin Kurzyna

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Article in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors.

Monika SzturmowiczDepartment of Lung Diseases, National Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases Research Institute, 01-138 Warsaw, Poland.
Monika FranczukDepartment of Physiopathology, National Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases Research Institute, 01-138 Warsaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-4264-4069
Małgorzata Ewa JędrychDepartment of Lung Diseases, National Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases Research Institute, 01-138 Warsaw, Poland.
Dorota WyrostkiewiczDepartment of Lung Diseases, National Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases Research Institute, 01-138 Warsaw, Poland.
Karina OniszhDepartment of Radiology, National Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases Research Institute, 01-138 Warsaw, Poland.
Szymon DarochaDepartment of Pulmonary Circulation and Thromboembolic Diseases, Medical Centre of Postgraduate Medication, European Health Centre Otwock, 05-400 Otwock, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-8298-9243
Krzysztof KasperowiczDepartment of Pulmonary Circulation and Thromboembolic Diseases, Medical Centre of Postgraduate Medication, European Health Centre Otwock, 05-400 Otwock, Poland.
Marcin KurzynaDepartment of Pulmonary Circulation and Thromboembolic Diseases, Medical Centre of Postgraduate Medication, European Health Centre Otwock, 05-400 Otwock, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-6746-469X

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic lung diseases are one of the most frequent causes of pulmonary hypertension (PH). The diagnostic challenge is to differentiate PH due to chronic lung disease from pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) with coexisting chronic lung disease. Moreover, the dominating cause of PH may change over time, requiring the implementation of new diagnostic procedures and new treatment modalities. We present a 68-year-old female, initially diagnosed with PH in the course of interstitial lung disease, with restrictive impairment of lung function. Therapy with immunosuppressive drugs resulted in significant clinical, radiological and functional improvement. However, five years later, arthritis symptoms developed, with PH worsening, despite stable lung disease. The patient was diagnosed with PAH in the course of rheumatoid arthritis. The introduction of sildenafil resulted in marked clinical and hemodynamic responses. Long-term survival (eleven years from PH onset and five years from PAH confirmation) has been achieved, and the patient remains in good functional condition. As the differential diagnosis of PH in patients with lung diseases is complex, the cooperation of pulmonologists and cardiologists is mandatory to obtain therapeutic success.

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body plethysmographylung diseasepulmonary arterial hypertensionrheumatoid arthritisright heart catheterization

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PMID34679629
PMCPMC8534521
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