[Individual aspects of pathogenesis and diagnosis of cardiorespiratory disorders in rheumatoid arthritis and systemic...

The authors presented the results of a combined instrumental study of the cardiorespiratory system in 100 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and 26 patients with systemic scleroderma (SSD). Disturbances of the pulmonary circulation and central hemodynamics in the absence of roentgenomorphological and ventilation disorders in the bronchopulmonary apparatus were revealed. The dependence of hemocirculatory parameters on a degree of the expression and genesis of pulmonary changes was shown. Some reasons for a rare development of the pulmonary heart in rheumatic diseases were described. In the detection of bronchoobstruction in RA and SSD patients the use of drugs controlling it was recommended.