relationship between serum pro-brain natriuretic peptide [Pro-BNP] levels and pulmonary arterial hypertension [PAH] in patients with limited scleroderma

ABSTRACT

Introduction: Pulmonary arterial hypertension [PAH] is a late progressive sclerodermarelated complication, which can lead to right heart failure and cor pulmonale. Given that cardiac catheterization is a diagnostic method of choice for PAH, and considering the high risks of this method, the purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between serum Pro-Brain natriuretic peptide [Pro-BNP] Levels and PAH in patients with limited scleroderma