Relevance of partitioning DLCO to detect pulmonary hypertension in systemic sclerosis.

Relevance of partitioning DLCO to detect pulmonary hypertension in systemic sclerosis.

We investigated whether partitioning DLCO into membrane conductance for CO (DmCO) and pulmonary capillary blood volume (Vcap) was helpful in suspecting precapillary pulmonary (arterial) hypertension (P(A)H) in systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients with or without interstitial lung disease (ILD). We incl...

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Main Authors: Nadia Sivova, David Launay, Lidwine Wémeau-Stervinou, Pascal De Groote, Martine Remy-Jardin, Guillaume Denis, Marc Lambert, Nicolas Lamblin, Sandrine Morell-Dubois, Marie Fertin, Guillaume Lefevre, Vincent Sobanski, Olivier Le Rouzic, Pierre-Yves Hatron, Benoit Wallaert, Eric Hachulla, Thierry Perez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3799734?pdf=render

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