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ARP Rheumatology - Online first: 2024-02-13
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Can subcutaneous treprostinil be an alternative for treating pulmonary hypertension in patients with systemic sclerosis-related interstitial lung disease?

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Duarte AC, Alegria S, Vinagre F, Ferreira F, Cordeiro A

Abstract

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is one of the most feared complications of systemic sclerosis (SSc). There are currently specific drugs approved for PH group I (pulmonary arterial hypertension - PAH), but for PH related to lung disease (group III) the use of vasodilators is still controversial and not routinely recommended in patients with non-severe PH. However, SSc-PH-interstitial lung disease (ILD) has a poorer survival compared with SSc-PAH, making the management of these patients a challenge, ideally carried out in a reference centre. Herein we report the case of a a 45-year-old female with systemic sclerosis-myositis overlap syndrome, with documented lung involvement (ILD with fibrotic nonspecific interstitial/organizing pneumonia pattern), who was diagnosed with pre-capillary PH. She started sequential combination vasodilator therapy including parenteric prostanoid, with clinical benefit and without evidence of ILD worsening.

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2024-02-13

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Ana Catarina Duarte, Sofia Alegria, Filipe Vinagre, Filipa Ferreira, Ana Cordeiro. Can subcutaneous treprostinil be an alternative for treating pulmonary hypertension in patients with systemic sclerosis-related interstitial lung disease?. ARP Rheumatology, 2024, online-first - http://www.arprheumatology.com/article_abstract.php?id=1519
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