Association of Borderline Pulmonary Hypertension With Mortality and Hospitalization in a Large Patient Cohort: Insights From the Veterans Affairs Clinical Assessment, Reporting, and Tracking Program

Structured PICO

Is borderline pulmonary hypertension associated with increased mortality and hospitalization in a Veterans Affairs patient cohort?

Population

Patients in the Veterans Affairs Clinical Assessment, Reporting, and Tracking Program assessed for mean pulmonary arterial pressure (mPAP)

Intervention

Borderline pulmonary hypertension (exposure)

Comparator

Patients without borderline pulmonary hypertension / lower mPAP levels

Outcome

Mortality and hospitalizationhard clinical

Borderline pulmonary hypertension is associated with increased mortality and hospitalization, indicating a continuum of risk based on mPAP levels.

Abstract

These data illustrate a continuum of risk according to mPAP level and that borderline PH is associated with increased mortality and hospitalization. Future investigations are needed to test the generalizability of our findings to other populations and study the effect of treatment on outcome in borderline PH.

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Maron et al. (Sat,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d5720b75589c71d767e422 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1161/circulationaha.115.020207

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