Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing Is an Accurate Tool for the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in Scleroderma Related Diseases

• Main Authors: Mattia Bellan (Author), Ailia Giubertoni (Author), Cristina Piccinino (Author), Mariachiara Buffa (Author), Debora Cromi (Author), Daniele Sola (Author), Roberta Pedrazzoli (Author), Ileana Gagliardi (Author), Elisa Calzaducca (Author), Erika Zecca (Author), Filippo Patrucco (Author), Giuseppe Patti (Author), Pier Paolo Sainaghi (Author), Mario Pirisi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2021-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The early diagnosis of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a major determinant of prognosis in patients affected by connective tissue diseases (CTDs) complicated by PAH. In the present paper we investigated the diagnostic accuracy of cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) in this specific sett...