Modern rheumatology
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Modern rheumatology · Sep 2015
Left heart abnormalities in connective tissue disease patients with pre-capillary pulmonary hypertension as well as borderline mean pulmonary arterial pressure.
To describe co-existence of left heart abnormalities among case series of connective tissue disease (CTD) patients who showed pre-capillary pulmonary hypertension (PH) as well as borderline mean pulmonary arterial pressure (mPAP). ⋯ The present case series suggested some contribution of left heart abnormalities to the increase in mPAP among CTD patients with pre-capillary PH as well as borderline mPAP.
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Modern rheumatology · Sep 2015
Long-term outcome of joint-preserving surgery by combination metatarsal osteotomies for shortening for forefoot deformity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
We report the long-term outcome of joint-preserving surgery by combining metatarsal osteotomies for shortening for forefoot deformity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). ⋯ With good perioperative medical management of RA, surgical repositioning of the metatarsophalangeal joints by proximal metatarsal shortening and consequent relaxing of the surrounding soft tissue shows successful long-term results.