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AJRCCM Articles in Press. Published on 20-August-2015 as 10.1164/rccm.201507-1456OC Page 1 of 44 Comparison of Treatment Response in Idiopathic and Connective Tissue Disease- Associated Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension 1 2 1 Authors : Rennie L. Rhee , MD, Nicole B. Gabler , PhD, Sapna Sangani , MD, Amy 2 1,2 2,3 Praestgaard , MS, Peter A. Merkel , MD, Steven M. Kawu , MD 1 2 Division of Rheumatology, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 3Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Division, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA Running Title: Treatment response in CTDPAH Corresponding Author: Rennie Rhee Division of Rheumatology Phone: 2156144409 8th Floor Penn Tower Fax: 2156144412 3400 Spruce Street rennie.rhee@ Philadelphia, PA 19104 Authors’ Contributions : Conception and design: RLR, NBG, PAM, SMK; Acquisition, analysis and interpretation of data: RLR, NBG, SS, AP, PAM, SMK; Drafting the manuscript for important intellectual content: RLR, NBG, AP, SS, PAM, SMK.