Joelf Posted June 6, 2019 Patients with scleroderma require 'annual screening' for pulmonary arterial hypertension. Every patient with systemic sclerosis should be screened for pulmonary arterial hypertension every year, as early recognition, referral and aggressive treatment are necessary to improve long–term outcomes, according to Virginia Steen, MD. Healio Rheumatology, 05/22/2019. (Also see Pulmonary Hypertension Diagnosis) This item was posted in the ISN Newsroom. Please check the newsroom daily for updates on scleroderma and other related articles. Quote Jo Frowde ISN Board Member ISN Secretary of the Board ISN Assistant Webmaster SD World Webmaster ISN Sclero Forums Manager ISN News Manager ISN Hotline Support Specialist International Scleroderma Network (ISN) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nancy HG Posted August 9, 2019 Hi Joelf, Is the echocardiogram the only measure of pulmonary hypertension? Seems like that's pretty late in the game to detect it? Thanks, and this forum has already helped me enormously! Nancy HG Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joelf Posted August 9, 2019 Hi Nancy, Right heart catheterisation can also be used for detecting pulmonary hypertension and I've included a link to our medical page on Diagnosis of PAH to give you some more information. Kind regards, Quote Jo Frowde ISN Board Member ISN Secretary of the Board ISN Assistant Webmaster SD World Webmaster ISN Sclero Forums Manager ISN News Manager ISN Hotline Support Specialist International Scleroderma Network (ISN) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
