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[Hemodynamic and lung function analytic findings in so-called collagen diseases]

W Doppl1, Y Bilgin, M Renelt

  • 1III. Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik der Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen.

Summary

Connective tissue diseases often cause elevated pulmonary arterial pressure and left-ventricular dysfunction. Pulmonary involvement progresses rapidly, becoming the main prognostic factor, necessitating early right-heart catheterization for connective tissue disease patients.

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