Understanding the current status of patients with pulmonary hypertension during COVID-19 outbreak: a small-scale national survey from China.

ABSTRACT: Pulmonary hypertension is a chronic disease developing progressively with high mortality. Pulmonary hypertension patients need persistent medical care; however, limited reports focused on them when there was an outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 in China. This national survey was aimed to evaluate the overall condition of pulmonary hypertension patients during this period. A questionnaire regarding the living condition of pulmonary hypertension patients during coronavirus disease 2019 was designed by pulmonary hypertension diagnostic experts in Wuhan Asia Heart Hospital. Pulmonary hypertension patients and their family members were invited to participate in this survey online. One-hundred twenty pulmonary hypertension patients and 23 family members participated in the survey; 64.8% (n

SUBMITTER: Zhou H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7235682 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature