Recent Advances in the Treatment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Associated with Connective Tissue Diseases

• Main Authors: Anna Smukowska-Gorynia (Author), Weronika Gościniak (Author), Patrycja Woźniak (Author), Sylwia Iwańczyk (Author), Karolina Jaxa-Kwiatkowska (Author), Sylwia Sławek-Szmyt (Author), Magdalena Janus (Author), Jerzy Paluszkiewicz (Author), Tatiana Mularek-Kubzdela (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2023-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a severe vascular complication of connective tissue diseases (CTD). Patients with CTD may develop PH belonging to diverse groups: (1) pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), (2) PH due to left heart disease, (3) secondary PH due to lung disease and/or hypoxia and (4) ch...