Isolated pulmonary hypertension secondary to rheumatoid arthritis

Glaucio W R Castro; Simone Appenzeller; Manoel B Bertolo; Lilian T L Costallat

doi:10.1007/s10067-005-0089-x

Isolated pulmonary hypertension secondary to rheumatoid arthritis

Clin Rheumatol. 2006 Nov;25(6):901-3. doi: 10.1007/s10067-005-0089-x. Epub 2005 Nov 25.

Authors

Glaucio W R Castro¹, Simone Appenzeller, Manoel B Bertolo, Lilian T L Costallat

Affiliation

¹ Unit of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, State University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil.

PMID: 16308666
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-005-0089-x

Abstract

The authors report a case of a woman with pulmonary hypertension secondary to rheumatoid arthritis, whose treatment with azathioprine resulted in normalization of pulmonary artery pressure and resolution of clinical symptoms. Different etiologies for pulmonary hypertension are discussed and literature review is presented.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Adult
Antirheumatic Agents / therapeutic use*
Arthritis, Rheumatoid / complications*
Arthritis, Rheumatoid / drug therapy*
Azathioprine / therapeutic use*
Blood Pressure / drug effects
Female
Humans
Hypertension, Pulmonary / etiology*
Hypertension, Pulmonary / physiopathology
Respiration Disorders / etiology
Respiration Disorders / physiopathology
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Antirheumatic Agents
Azathioprine