2021
Esophageal Dilation and Other Clinical Factors Associated With Pulmonary Function Decline in Patients With Systemic Sclerosis
Showalter K, Hoffmann A, Richardson C, Aaby D, Lee J, Dematte J, Agrawal R, Savas H, Wu X, Chang RW, Hinchcliff M. Esophageal Dilation and Other Clinical Factors Associated With Pulmonary Function Decline in Patients With Systemic Sclerosis. The Journal Of Rheumatology 2021, 48: 1830-1838. PMID: 34266985, PMCID: PMC8985598, DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.210533.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRadiographic interstitial lung diseaseInterstitial lung diseasePulmonary function testsSystemic sclerosisEsophageal dilationPulmonary function declineFVC declineClinical factorsEsophageal diameterFunction declineScl-70 positivitySSc-ILD patientsSubanalysis of patientsScl-70Function testsPrognostic implicationsVital capacityLung diseaseStudy criteriaI autoantibodiesRisk factorsPFT declineDiffusion capacityPatientsLinear mixed effects models
2015
Survival in systemic sclerosis–pulmonary arterial hypertension by serum autoantibody status in the Pulmonary Hypertension Assessment and Recognition of Outcomes in Scleroderma (PHAROS) Registry
Hinchcliff M, Khanna S, Hsu VM, Lee J, Almagor O, Chang RW, Steen V, Chung L, Investigators T. Survival in systemic sclerosis–pulmonary arterial hypertension by serum autoantibody status in the Pulmonary Hypertension Assessment and Recognition of Outcomes in Scleroderma (PHAROS) Registry. Seminars In Arthritis And Rheumatism 2015, 45: 309-314. PMID: 26210782, PMCID: PMC4656087, DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2015.06.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPulmonary arterial hypertensionPulmonary Hypertension AssessmentSerum autoantibodiesRecognition of OutcomesScleroderma RegistryArterial hypertensionScl-70Hypertension assessmentAutoantibody groupsSystemic sclerosis-pulmonary arterial hypertensionSocial Security Death IndexKaplan-Meier survival estimatesSurvival estimatesIncident systemic sclerosisSSc disease durationSSc-PAH patientsRight heart catheterizationRisk of deathProportional hazards modelClinical laboratoriesElectronic medical recordsMedian followSSc-PAHAutoantibody statusHeart catheterization