Scleroderma - Hypertension Study
A two-stage prospective observational cohort study in scleroderma patients to evaluate screening tests and the incidence of pulmonary arterial hypertension and pulmonary hypertension – The DETECT Study
Protocol ID
08-02-105
Protocol Description
The goals of this research study are
- To evaluate different screening methods for their capacity to predict and confirm pulmonary hypertension (PH) in scleroderma subjects and
- To evaluate the incidence of PH (i.e., number of new cases per year) in scleroderma subjects
Eligibility Criteria
Patients with scleroderma
Primary Investigator(s)
- Avram Goldberg, MD