Outcomes of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Are Improved in a Specialty Care Center.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is characterized by elevated pulmonary arterial pressures and is managed by vasodilator therapies. Current guidelines encourage PAH management in specialty care centers (SCCs), but evidence is sparse regarding improvement in clinical outcomes and correlation to vasodilator use with referral.

Research question

Is PAH management at SCCs associated with improved clinical outcomes?

Study designand methods

A single-center, retrospective study was performed at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC; overseeing 40 hospitals). Patients with PAH were identified between 2008 and 2018 and classified into an SCC or non-SCC cohort. Cox proportional hazard modeling was done to compare for all-cause mortality, as was negati

SUBMITTER: Pi H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7339236 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature