Key result
Moderate altitude is not associated with pulmonary arterial hypertension in adult patients referred for transcatheter device closure of atrial septal defects.
Why the study?
Is moderate altitude associated with pulmonary arterial hypertension in adult patients referred for transcatheter device closure of atrial septal defects?
Is moderate altitude associated with pulmonary arterial hypertension in adult patients referred for transcatheter device closure of atrial septal defects?
Moderate altitude does not appear to be associated with pulmonary arterial hypertension in adults undergoing transcatheter ASD closure.
Journal of Structural Heart Disease is the official journal of the PICS Foundation, the organization that runs the largest structural/congenital course of its kind “PICS/AICS” [Pediatric and Adult Interventional Cardiac Symposium,” which will be devoted to all structural and congenital heart diseases.
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Nicolarsen et al. (2017) studied this question. Moderate altitude is not associated with pulmonary arterial hypertension in adult patients referred for transcatheter device closure of atrial septal defects.
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