Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Prevalence and Predictors

Abstract

These data confirm the low prevalence of PAH in SLE. In our cohort, occult left ventricular diastolic dysfunction was a frequent diagnosis of unexplained dyspnea. Dyspnea, DLCO, and NT-proBNP could be predictors of pulmonary hypertension in patients with SLE.