Pulmonary hypertension is a common complication of systemic sclerosis and generally portends a very poor prognosis. Response to modern therapy for scleroderma-related pulmonary arterial ...

In 2007, he was diagnosed with Scleroderma, an autoimmune disorder ... Unfortunately, this disease attacked Ralph’s lungs, causing Pulmonary hypertension which is a type of high blood pressure ...

Lipodermatosclerosis (LDS) was observed in 4.4% of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) and was associated with pulmonary hypertension (PH), according ... digital gangrene or amputation, and ...

The system was tested by (1) determining specificity and sensitivity in SSc cases and controls with scleroderma-like disorders ... interstitial lung disease or pulmonary arterial hypertension, Raynaud ...

It was also under development for the treatment of prostate cancer, liver fibrosis, kidney fibrosis, atherosclerosis, non alcoholic steatohepatitis, scleroderma, portal hypertension and ... idiopathic ...

Patients classified according the ACR/EULAR 2013 SSc criteria (13) were consecutively recruited at the Scleroderma Unit of the University ... manifestations (i.e., telangiectasias, pulmonary arterial ...

A Des Moines woman who rode the annual trek across Iowa to raise awareness for scleroderma got what she was waiting for: a ...

Pulmonary hypertension (PH), a serious lung and heart condition, elevates blood pressure in lung arteries, causing shortness of breath even during simple tasks. This strain can lead to right heart ...