Characteristics of Japanese elderly patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension.

ABSTRACT: Previous nationwide Japanese data suggested that pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) predominantly affects young women. However, the number of elderly patients diagnosed with PAH has been increasing in western countries. There have been no reports on elderly PAH patients in Asian countries. This study aimed to investigate the clinical characteristics of elderly PAH patients in a Japanese cohort. Idiopathic/heritable PAH (I/H-PAH) was included in the national research project on intractable diseases. The patients were required to submit a clinical research form completed by their attending physicians. We analyzed the characteristics of Japanese I/H-PAH using the newly registered forms in 2013 (Study 1, n = 148). Also, we did a retrospective, observational cohort study at Chiba University

SUBMITTER: Takahashi Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7841872 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul-Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature