Lupus-Associated Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Variable Course and Importance of Prompt Recognition

We describe a critically ill young woman with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) presenting with circulatory shock, multiorgan dysfunction, and elevated right-sided heart pressures. She was found to have recurrent acute severe pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in the setting of an SLE flare. Our...

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Main Authors: Kofi A. Mensah, Rajwardhan Yadav, Terence K. Trow, Cristina M. Brunet, Wassim H. Fares
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2015-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/328435
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