Sex and survival following pulmonary endarterectomy for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: a Scandinavian observational cohort study.

ABSTRACT: Studies have suggested sex-related survival differences in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). Whether long-term prognosis differs between men and women following pulmonary endarterectomy for CTEPH remains unclear. We investigated sex-specific survival after pulmonary endarterectomy for CTEPH. We included all patients who underwent pulmonary endarterectomy for CTEPH at two Scandinavian centers and obtained baseline characteristics and vital statuses from patient charts and national health-data registers. Propensity scores and weighting were used to account for baseline differences. Flexible parametric survival models were employed to estimate the association between sex and all-cause mortality and the absolute survival differences. The expected survival in an age-, sex-,

SUBMITTER: Kallonen J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8673940 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature