“…The prevalence of haemodynamically proven pre-capillary PH in large cohorts of SSc patients ranges from 5 to 12% [46,325,330,331]. In these patients, PH may occur in association with interstitial lung disease or as a result of an isolated pulmonary vascular disease, which may affect pre-capillary arterioles (PAH) and post-capillary venules (PVOD) [326,332]. In addition, group 2 pulmonary venous hypertension from LHD may be present [76,326,333].…”