Differences in Right Ventricular Functional Changes during Treatment between Systemic Sclerosis–associated Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Abstract

Our results indicate that, in patients with SSc-PAH, echocardiographic RV function does not improve over time compared with that of patients with IPAH, despite institution of pulmonary artery vasodilator therapies.