Systemic anticoagulation was found to improve quality-adjusted life years among patients with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension but not among those with connective tissue disease-associated pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Researchers of the study reviewed a multidisciplinary approach to connective tissue disease-related pleural effusions at a tertiary center in London.
Researchers studied the overlap between ANCA-associated glomerulonephritis and connective tissue diseases.
Patients with juvenile mixed connective tissue disease had impaired left and right ventricular function compared with matched controls after a median of 15 years disease duration.
Acutely inhaled iloprost improves right ventricular function in terms of RV volume, right ventricular ejection fraction, and RV stroke volume in patients with IPAH and PAH associated with connective tissue disease.
The American College of Rheumatology and Association of Physicians of Great Britain and Ireland have highlighted unmet needs and challenges of connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung disease.
Vascular EDS is the most severe subtype of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome where patients suffer from life-threatening arterial dissections and ruptures, as well as intestinal and uterine ruptures.
Muscle magnetic resonance imaging may complement a physician’s objective assessment in juvenile dermatomyositis, although negative MRI findings should not preclude treatment continuation.
A better understanding of the natural progression of this disease would allow earlier detection in children at high risk for functional decline.
Researchers used registry data to evaluate the risk of autoimmune diseases over 6.5 years after exposure to HPV vaccines in adolescent and young adult women.
