Studies on the Cardiopulmonary Function in Sarcoidosis Ii

Pulmonary hypertension and granulomatous vasculitis in sarcoidosis

“…The wide distribution is likely due to varying definition of pulmonary hypertension and entry criteria of study subjects. Pulmonary hypertension is more commonly seen with fibrotic lung disease, especially with severe pulmonary hypertension [1,2,6,7,8 ]. Recently, Shorr et al reported the prevalence of pulmonary hypertension in a large cohort of patients with sarcoidosis [9].…”