Publications by authors named "E J Nossent"
Background: This study aimed to assess the quantitative uptake of F-FDG PET-CT in the lungs of patients with early severe diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis (SSc) with and without interstitial lung disease (ILD), compared to controls. In patients with SSc-ILD, F-FDG uptake was correlated to high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) and pulmonary function test (PFT) parameters.
Methods: A prospective, cross-sectional study was conducted, involving 15 patients with SSc-ILD, 5 patients with SSc without ILD, and 7 controls without SSc.
Nailfold capillary density is lower in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). It is unclear whether this observation signifies a unique systemic manifestation of PAH, or reflects microcirculatory dysfunction secondary to pulmonary hypertension (PH). Capillary density and loop dimensions were measured by nailfold-capillaroscopy (NC) in 30 PAH (23 idiopathic, or iPAH, 7 hereditary, or hPAH), 17 chronic thromboembolic PH (CTEPH) patients and 48 controls.
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- Pathogenic variants in a specific gene significantly increase the risk of developing heritable pulmonary arterial hypertension, and examining unaffected carriers through advanced screening methods can help in early diagnosis and understanding of the condition.
- A study compared 28 unaffected carriers to 21 healthy controls using various cardiac imaging and exercise tests; findings revealed carriers had smaller heart volumes but higher afterload, indicating potential early signs of the disease.
- Over a 4-year follow-up, two unaffected carriers went on to develop pulmonary arterial hypertension, despite showing normal cardiac indices at the time of diagnosis, highlighting the importance of monitoring these individuals for early intervention.
Introduction: Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is often diagnosed late in acute pulmonary embolism survivors: more efficient testing to expedite diagnosis may considerably improve patient outcomes. The InShape II algorithm safely rules out CTEPH (failure rate 0.29%) while requiring echocardiography in only 19% of patients but may be improved by adding detailed reading of the computed tomography pulmonary angiography diagnosing the index pulmonary embolism.
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