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Class I: No limitation of |
physical activity. Ordinary |
physical activity does not |
cause undue fatigue, |
dyspnea, or anginal pain. |
Class II: Slight limitation of |
physical activity. Ordinary |
physical activity results in |
symptoms. |
Class III: Marked limitation |
of physical activity. |
Comfortable at rest, but |
less than ordinary activity |
causes symptoms. |
Class IV: Unable to |
engage in any physical |
activity without discomfort. |
Symptoms may be present |
even at rest. |
Secondary Pulmonary |
Hypertension |
Secondary pulmonary |
hypertension with |
established right |
ventricular hypertrophy |
leading to the presence of |
permanent physical |
impairment of at least |
Class IV of the New York |
Heart Association (NYHA) |
Classification of Cardiac |
Impairment. |
The NYHA Classification |
of Cardiac Impairment: |
Class I: No limitation of |
physical activity. Ordinary |
physical activity does not |
cause undue fatigue, |
dyspnea, or anginal pain. |
Class II: Slight limitation of |
physical activity. Ordinary |
physical activity results in |
symptoms. |
Class III: Marked limitation |
of physical activity. |
Comfortable at rest, but |
less than ordinary activity |
causes symptoms. |
Class IV: Unable to |
engage in any physical |
activity without discomfort. |
Symptoms may be present |
even at rest. |
31. |
Progressive |
Scleroderma |
Early Progressive |
Scleroderma |
A rheumatologist must |
make the definite |
diagnosis of progressive |
systemic scleroderma, |
based on clinically |
accepted criteria. This |
diagnosis must be |
unequivocally supported |
by biopsy and serological |
evidence. |
The following are |
excluded: |
• localised scleroderma |
(linear scleroderma or |
morphea); |
• eosinophilic fasciitis; |
and |
• CREST syndrome |
Progressive |
Scleroderma with |
CREST syndrome |
A rheumatologist must |
make the definite |
diagnosis of systemic |
sclerosis with CREST |
syndrome, based on |
clinically accepted criteria. |
This diagnosis must be |
unequivocally supported |
by biopsy and serological |
evidence. The disease |
must involve the skin with |
deposits of calcium |
(calcinosis), skin |
thickening of the fingers or |
toes (sclerodactyly) and |
also involve the |
esophagus. There must |
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