Pulmonary hypertension may be scleroderma prognostic marker

Pulmonary hypertension may be scleroderma prognostic marker

The onset of pulmonary hypertension (PH), or high blood pressure in the lungs, may be a critical factor in predicting disease progression and poorer survival in systemic sclerosis (SSc), a study from France suggests. By grouping patients based on internal organ involvement, rather than relying on traditional classifications based on skin symptoms, the researchers found that the group that included patients who developed PH had significantly lowe…