FRI0414 Can echocardiography replace follow-up cardiac catheterization in re-evaluation of pulmonary arterial hypertension? a longitudinal single-center study of 30 connective tissue disease patients

Abstract

BackgroundTransthoracic echocardiography (TTE) is well validated for initial assessment of connective tissue disease patients with suspected pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). However, in patients with PAH confirmed by the gold-standard method...