Incident pulmonary arterial hypertension exhibits distinct age-related phenotypes, with younger patients showing worse hemodynamics but better survival compared to older patients with more comorbidities.
This study highlights the influence of age on phenotypes of incident pulmonary arterial hypertension and has shown the changes in demographics and epidemiology over the past decade in a national setting. The results suggest that there may be two subtypes of patients: the younger subtype with more severe hemodynamic impairment but better survival, compared with the older subtype who has more comorbidities.
Ling et al. (Sat,) studied this question.