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Esophageal Dilation and Other Clinical Factors Associated With Pulmonary Function Decline in Patients With Systemic Sclerosis
Kimberly Showalter, Aileen Hoffmann, Carrie Richardson, David Aaby, Jungwha Lee, Jane Dematte, Rishi Agrawal, Hatice Savas, Xiaoping Wu, Rowland W. Chang and Monique Hinchcliff
The Journal of Rheumatology July 2021, jrheum.210533; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.210533
Kimberly Showalter
Research was supported by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under Award Numbers K23 AR059763 (MH), R01 AR073270 (MH), P60 AR064464 (RWC, KS, JL), and P30 AR072579 (RWC, JL), and National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences-Clinical and Translational Science Award Number UL1 TR000150 (JL). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH. The Rheumatology Research Foundation (KS), Scleroderma Foundation (KS), and the Scleroderma Research Foundation (MH) also supported this work. K. Showalter, MD, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, and Hospital for Special Surgery, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, New York, New York; A. Hoffmann, MS, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Chicago, Illinois; C. Richardson, MD, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; D. Aaby, MS, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Preventive Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; J. Lee, PhD, MPH, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Preventive Medicine, and Institute for Public Health and Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; J. Dematte, MD, MBA, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; R. Agrawal, MD, H. Savas, MD, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Chicago, Illinois; X. Wu, MD, MS, New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine , New York, New York; R.W. Chang, MD, MPH, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Preventive Medicine, and Institute for Public Health and Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; M. Hinchcliff, MD, MS, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Chicago, Illinois, and Yale School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Section of Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. The authors declare no conflicts of interest relevant to this article. Address correspondence to Dr. M. Hinchcliff, Associate Professor of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Section of Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology, The Anlyan Center, 300 Cedar Street, PO Box 208031, New Haven, CT 06520, USA. Email: monique.hinchcliff@yale.edu. Accepted for publication July 8, 2021.
Aileen Hoffmann
Research was supported by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under Award Numbers K23 AR059763 (MH), R01 AR073270 (MH), P60 AR064464 (RWC, KS, JL), and P30 AR072579 (RWC, JL), and National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences-Clinical and Translational Science Award Number UL1 TR000150 (JL). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH. The Rheumatology Research Foundation (KS), Scleroderma Foundation (KS), and the Scleroderma Research Foundation (MH) also supported this work. K. Showalter, MD, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, and Hospital for Special Surgery, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, New York, New York; A. Hoffmann, MS, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Chicago, Illinois; C. Richardson, MD, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; D. Aaby, MS, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Preventive Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; J. Lee, PhD, MPH, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Preventive Medicine, and Institute for Public Health and Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; J. Dematte, MD, MBA, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; R. Agrawal, MD, H. Savas, MD, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Chicago, Illinois; X. Wu, MD, MS, New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine , New York, New York; R.W. Chang, MD, MPH, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Preventive Medicine, and Institute for Public Health and Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; M. Hinchcliff, MD, MS, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Chicago, Illinois, and Yale School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Section of Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. The authors declare no conflicts of interest relevant to this article. Address correspondence to Dr. M. Hinchcliff, Associate Professor of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Section of Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology, The Anlyan Center, 300 Cedar Street, PO Box 208031, New Haven, CT 06520, USA. Email: monique.hinchcliff@yale.edu. Accepted for publication July 8, 2021.
Carrie Richardson
Research was supported by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under Award Numbers K23 AR059763 (MH), R01 AR073270 (MH), P60 AR064464 (RWC, KS, JL), and P30 AR072579 (RWC, JL), and National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences-Clinical and Translational Science Award Number UL1 TR000150 (JL). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH. The Rheumatology Research Foundation (KS), Scleroderma Foundation (KS), and the Scleroderma Research Foundation (MH) also supported this work. K. Showalter, MD, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, and Hospital for Special Surgery, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, New York, New York; A. Hoffmann, MS, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Chicago, Illinois; C. Richardson, MD, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; D. Aaby, MS, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Preventive Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; J. Lee, PhD, MPH, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Preventive Medicine, and Institute for Public Health and Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; J. Dematte, MD, MBA, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; R. Agrawal, MD, H. Savas, MD, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Chicago, Illinois; X. Wu, MD, MS, New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine , New York, New York; R.W. Chang, MD, MPH, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Preventive Medicine, and Institute for Public Health and Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; M. Hinchcliff, MD, MS, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Chicago, Illinois, and Yale School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Section of Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. The authors declare no conflicts of interest relevant to this article. Address correspondence to Dr. M. Hinchcliff, Associate Professor of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Section of Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology, The Anlyan Center, 300 Cedar Street, PO Box 208031, New Haven, CT 06520, USA. Email: monique.hinchcliff@yale.edu. Accepted for publication July 8, 2021.
David Aaby
Research was supported by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under Award Numbers K23 AR059763 (MH), R01 AR073270 (MH), P60 AR064464 (RWC, KS, JL), and P30 AR072579 (RWC, JL), and National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences-Clinical and Translational Science Award Number UL1 TR000150 (JL). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH. The Rheumatology Research Foundation (KS), Scleroderma Foundation (KS), and the Scleroderma Research Foundation (MH) also supported this work. K. Showalter, MD, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, and Hospital for Special Surgery, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, New York, New York; A. Hoffmann, MS, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Chicago, Illinois; C. Richardson, MD, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; D. Aaby, MS, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Preventive Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; J. Lee, PhD, MPH, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Preventive Medicine, and Institute for Public Health and Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; J. Dematte, MD, MBA, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; R. Agrawal, MD, H. Savas, MD, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Chicago, Illinois; X. Wu, MD, MS, New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine , New York, New York; R.W. Chang, MD, MPH, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Preventive Medicine, and Institute for Public Health and Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; M. Hinchcliff, MD, MS, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Chicago, Illinois, and Yale School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Section of Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. The authors declare no conflicts of interest relevant to this article. Address correspondence to Dr. M. Hinchcliff, Associate Professor of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Section of Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology, The Anlyan Center, 300 Cedar Street, PO Box 208031, New Haven, CT 06520, USA. Email: monique.hinchcliff@yale.edu. Accepted for publication July 8, 2021.
Jungwha Lee
Research was supported by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under Award Numbers K23 AR059763 (MH), R01 AR073270 (MH), P60 AR064464 (RWC, KS, JL), and P30 AR072579 (RWC, JL), and National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences-Clinical and Translational Science Award Number UL1 TR000150 (JL). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH. The Rheumatology Research Foundation (KS), Scleroderma Foundation (KS), and the Scleroderma Research Foundation (MH) also supported this work. K. Showalter, MD, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, and Hospital for Special Surgery, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, New York, New York; A. Hoffmann, MS, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Chicago, Illinois; C. Richardson, MD, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; D. Aaby, MS, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Preventive Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; J. Lee, PhD, MPH, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Preventive Medicine, and Institute for Public Health and Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; J. Dematte, MD, MBA, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; R. Agrawal, MD, H. Savas, MD, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Chicago, Illinois; X. Wu, MD, MS, New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine , New York, New York; R.W. Chang, MD, MPH, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Preventive Medicine, and Institute for Public Health and Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; M. Hinchcliff, MD, MS, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Chicago, Illinois, and Yale School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Section of Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. The authors declare no conflicts of interest relevant to this article. Address correspondence to Dr. M. Hinchcliff, Associate Professor of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Section of Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology, The Anlyan Center, 300 Cedar Street, PO Box 208031, New Haven, CT 06520, USA. Email: monique.hinchcliff@yale.edu. Accepted for publication July 8, 2021.
Jane Dematte
Research was supported by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under Award Numbers K23 AR059763 (MH), R01 AR073270 (MH), P60 AR064464 (RWC, KS, JL), and P30 AR072579 (RWC, JL), and National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences-Clinical and Translational Science Award Number UL1 TR000150 (JL). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH. The Rheumatology Research Foundation (KS), Scleroderma Foundation (KS), and the Scleroderma Research Foundation (MH) also supported this work. K. Showalter, MD, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, and Hospital for Special Surgery, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, New York, New York; A. Hoffmann, MS, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Chicago, Illinois; C. Richardson, MD, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; D. Aaby, MS, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Preventive Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; J. Lee, PhD, MPH, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Preventive Medicine, and Institute for Public Health and Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; J. Dematte, MD, MBA, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; R. Agrawal, MD, H. Savas, MD, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Chicago, Illinois; X. Wu, MD, MS, New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine , New York, New York; R.W. Chang, MD, MPH, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Preventive Medicine, and Institute for Public Health and Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; M. Hinchcliff, MD, MS, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Chicago, Illinois, and Yale School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Section of Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. The authors declare no conflicts of interest relevant to this article. Address correspondence to Dr. M. Hinchcliff, Associate Professor of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Section of Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology, The Anlyan Center, 300 Cedar Street, PO Box 208031, New Haven, CT 06520, USA. Email: monique.hinchcliff@yale.edu. Accepted for publication July 8, 2021.
Rishi Agrawal
Research was supported by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under Award Numbers K23 AR059763 (MH), R01 AR073270 (MH), P60 AR064464 (RWC, KS, JL), and P30 AR072579 (RWC, JL), and National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences-Clinical and Translational Science Award Number UL1 TR000150 (JL). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH. The Rheumatology Research Foundation (KS), Scleroderma Foundation (KS), and the Scleroderma Research Foundation (MH) also supported this work. K. Showalter, MD, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, and Hospital for Special Surgery, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, New York, New York; A. Hoffmann, MS, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Chicago, Illinois; C. Richardson, MD, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; D. Aaby, MS, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Preventive Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; J. Lee, PhD, MPH, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Preventive Medicine, and Institute for Public Health and Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; J. Dematte, MD, MBA, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; R. Agrawal, MD, H. Savas, MD, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Chicago, Illinois; X. Wu, MD, MS, New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine , New York, New York; R.W. Chang, MD, MPH, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Preventive Medicine, and Institute for Public Health and Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; M. Hinchcliff, MD, MS, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Chicago, Illinois, and Yale School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Section of Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. The authors declare no conflicts of interest relevant to this article. Address correspondence to Dr. M. Hinchcliff, Associate Professor of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Section of Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology, The Anlyan Center, 300 Cedar Street, PO Box 208031, New Haven, CT 06520, USA. Email: monique.hinchcliff@yale.edu. Accepted for publication July 8, 2021.
Hatice Savas
Research was supported by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under Award Numbers K23 AR059763 (MH), R01 AR073270 (MH), P60 AR064464 (RWC, KS, JL), and P30 AR072579 (RWC, JL), and National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences-Clinical and Translational Science Award Number UL1 TR000150 (JL). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH. The Rheumatology Research Foundation (KS), Scleroderma Foundation (KS), and the Scleroderma Research Foundation (MH) also supported this work. K. Showalter, MD, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, and Hospital for Special Surgery, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, New York, New York; A. Hoffmann, MS, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Chicago, Illinois; C. Richardson, MD, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; D. Aaby, MS, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Preventive Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; J. Lee, PhD, MPH, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Preventive Medicine, and Institute for Public Health and Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; J. Dematte, MD, MBA, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; R. Agrawal, MD, H. Savas, MD, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Chicago, Illinois; X. Wu, MD, MS, New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine , New York, New York; R.W. Chang, MD, MPH, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Preventive Medicine, and Institute for Public Health and Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; M. Hinchcliff, MD, MS, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Chicago, Illinois, and Yale School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Section of Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. The authors declare no conflicts of interest relevant to this article. Address correspondence to Dr. M. Hinchcliff, Associate Professor of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Section of Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology, The Anlyan Center, 300 Cedar Street, PO Box 208031, New Haven, CT 06520, USA. Email: monique.hinchcliff@yale.edu. Accepted for publication July 8, 2021.
Xiaoping Wu
Research was supported by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under Award Numbers K23 AR059763 (MH), R01 AR073270 (MH), P60 AR064464 (RWC, KS, JL), and P30 AR072579 (RWC, JL), and National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences-Clinical and Translational Science Award Number UL1 TR000150 (JL). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH. The Rheumatology Research Foundation (KS), Scleroderma Foundation (KS), and the Scleroderma Research Foundation (MH) also supported this work. K. Showalter, MD, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, and Hospital for Special Surgery, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, New York, New York; A. Hoffmann, MS, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Chicago, Illinois; C. Richardson, MD, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; D. Aaby, MS, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Preventive Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; J. Lee, PhD, MPH, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Preventive Medicine, and Institute for Public Health and Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; J. Dematte, MD, MBA, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; R. Agrawal, MD, H. Savas, MD, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Chicago, Illinois; X. Wu, MD, MS, New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine , New York, New York; R.W. Chang, MD, MPH, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Preventive Medicine, and Institute for Public Health and Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; M. Hinchcliff, MD, MS, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Chicago, Illinois, and Yale School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Section of Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. The authors declare no conflicts of interest relevant to this article. Address correspondence to Dr. M. Hinchcliff, Associate Professor of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Section of Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology, The Anlyan Center, 300 Cedar Street, PO Box 208031, New Haven, CT 06520, USA. Email: monique.hinchcliff@yale.edu. Accepted for publication July 8, 2021.
Rowland W. Chang
Research was supported by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under Award Numbers K23 AR059763 (MH), R01 AR073270 (MH), P60 AR064464 (RWC, KS, JL), and P30 AR072579 (RWC, JL), and National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences-Clinical and Translational Science Award Number UL1 TR000150 (JL). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH. The Rheumatology Research Foundation (KS), Scleroderma Foundation (KS), and the Scleroderma Research Foundation (MH) also supported this work. K. Showalter, MD, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, and Hospital for Special Surgery, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, New York, New York; A. Hoffmann, MS, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Chicago, Illinois; C. Richardson, MD, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; D. Aaby, MS, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Preventive Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; J. Lee, PhD, MPH, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Preventive Medicine, and Institute for Public Health and Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; J. Dematte, MD, MBA, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; R. Agrawal, MD, H. Savas, MD, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Chicago, Illinois; X. Wu, MD, MS, New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine , New York, New York; R.W. Chang, MD, MPH, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Preventive Medicine, and Institute for Public Health and Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; M. Hinchcliff, MD, MS, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Chicago, Illinois, and Yale School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Section of Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. The authors declare no conflicts of interest relevant to this article. Address correspondence to Dr. M. Hinchcliff, Associate Professor of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Section of Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology, The Anlyan Center, 300 Cedar Street, PO Box 208031, New Haven, CT 06520, USA. Email: monique.hinchcliff@yale.edu. Accepted for publication July 8, 2021.
Monique Hinchcliff
Research was supported by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under Award Numbers K23 AR059763 (MH), R01 AR073270 (MH), P60 AR064464 (RWC, KS, JL), and P30 AR072579 (RWC, JL), and National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences-Clinical and Translational Science Award Number UL1 TR000150 (JL). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH. The Rheumatology Research Foundation (KS), Scleroderma Foundation (KS), and the Scleroderma Research Foundation (MH) also supported this work. K. Showalter, MD, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, and Hospital for Special Surgery, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, New York, New York; A. Hoffmann, MS, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Chicago, Illinois; C. Richardson, MD, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; D. Aaby, MS, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Preventive Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; J. Lee, PhD, MPH, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Preventive Medicine, and Institute for Public Health and Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; J. Dematte, MD, MBA, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; R. Agrawal, MD, H. Savas, MD, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Chicago, Illinois; X. Wu, MD, MS, New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine , New York, New York; R.W. Chang, MD, MPH, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Preventive Medicine, and Institute for Public Health and Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; M. Hinchcliff, MD, MS, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Chicago, Illinois, and Yale School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Section of Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. The authors declare no conflicts of interest relevant to this article. Address correspondence to Dr. M. Hinchcliff, Associate Professor of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Section of Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology, The Anlyan Center, 300 Cedar Street, PO Box 208031, New Haven, CT 06520, USA. Email: monique.hinchcliff@yale.edu. Accepted for publication July 8, 2021.
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Esophageal Dilation and Other Clinical Factors Associated With Pulmonary Function Decline in Patients With Systemic Sclerosis
Kimberly Showalter, Aileen Hoffmann, Carrie Richardson, David Aaby, Jungwha Lee, Jane Dematte, Rishi Agrawal, Hatice Savas, Xiaoping Wu, Rowland W. Chang, Monique Hinchcliff
The Journal of Rheumatology Jul 2021, jrheum.210533; DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.210533
Esophageal Dilation and Other Clinical Factors Associated With Pulmonary Function Decline in Patients With Systemic Sclerosis
Kimberly Showalter, Aileen Hoffmann, Carrie Richardson, David Aaby, Jungwha Lee, Jane Dematte, Rishi Agrawal, Hatice Savas, Xiaoping Wu, Rowland W. Chang, Monique Hinchcliff
The Journal of Rheumatology Jul 2021, jrheum.210533; DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.210533