Annual screening for pulmonary arterial hypertension (lung function, echocardiography, NT-proBNP)
annual basis
tests per year, UK, annually
“Screening for PAH should be undertaken in all people with SSc on an annual basis. This would typically comprise pulmonary function tests, echocardiography, NTproBNP and use of the DETECT tool in appropriate people (1B, 98%).”
- Kind of source
- Clinical guideline
- Read on
- 2026-11-06
- Daily check
- Quote found at the source on 2026-11-06
- What to know
- A bundle of tests once a year; the DETECT tool is a risk score.
Used in
Kept as evidence; no figure on the platform is computed from it yet.