Rheumatology
Pulmonary hypertension in systemic lupus erythematosus: an independent predictor of patient survival
Hong Ki Min, Jae Ho Lee, Seung Min Jung, Jennifer Lee, Kwi Young Kang, Seung-Ki Kwok, Ji Hyeon Ju, Kyung-Su Park, Sung-Hwan Park
Korean J Intern Med. 2015;30(2):232-241. Published online February 27, 2015
Background/Aims: We investigated whether transthoracic echocardiography-suspected pulmonary hypertension (PH) affects survival in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients and examined factors associated with PH occurrence and survival.
Methods: This retrospective single-center study included 154..
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