[Pulmonary hypertension in patients with systemic scleroderma with CREST-syndrome and without it].
OBJECTIVE
To study incidence rate and characteristics of pulmonary hypertension development in patients with systemic sclerosis (SS).


METHODS
The study included 31 SS patients (30 females, 1 male, age 33-75 years, mean age 47.7 +/- 1.7 years).


RESULTS
Pulmonary hypertension occurred more frequently in SS patients with CREST-syndrome than in SS patients free of this syndrome. SS patients with CREST-syndrome had also more severe ventricular hypertrophy than ventricular dilation.


CONCLUSIONS
Echocardiography proved to be a highly informative method for detection of pulmonary hypertension in patients with SS. The necessity of hemodynamical study in SS patients is emphasized.
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Orlova
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D017675:CREST Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012595:Scleroderma, Systemic / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology