The assessment of left heart disease in patients with systemic sclerosis and pulmonary hypertension

Systemic sclerosis associated pulmonary arterial hypertension (SSc-PAH) is of clinical significance owing to its poor outcome. One of the explanations for the outcome is the co-presence of left heart disease (LHD). The aim of this study is to assess LHD phenotype in patients with SSc and pulmonary hypertension (PH).This study included consecutive patients with SSc who underwent right heart catheterisation to diagnose PAH. Heart failure with...