Real-World Management of Patients with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Insights from EXPOSURE.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Further insights into real-world management and outcomes of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) are needed. This interim analysis of the ongoing, multicentre, prospective EXPOSURE (EUPAS19085) observational study describes characteristics, treatment patterns and outcomes of patients with PAH initiating a new PAH-specific therapy in Europe/Canada.

Methods and results

All analyses were descriptive. In total, 1944 patients with follow-up information were included; the majority were female, with World Health Organization functional class II/III symptoms and with idiopathic PAH or connective tissue disease-associated PAH. Most incident patients (N = 1100; diagnosed for ≤ 6 months) initiated treatment as monotherapy (48%) or double therapy (43%). Of th

SUBMITTER: Muller A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10879368 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature