TGF-β receptor mutations and clinical prognosis in Chinese pediatric patients with idiopathic/hereditary pulmonary arterial hypertension.

ABSTRACT: The relationship between clinical prognosis and transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) receptor mutations in Chinese pediatric patients with idiopathic/hereditary pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH/HPAH) remains unclear. We retrospectively studied the clinical characteristics and outcomes of pediatric patients with IPAH/HPAH who visited our Hospital from September 2008 to December 2020. One hundred and five pediatric patients with IPAH/HPAH were included, 46 of whom carried TGF-β receptor mutations with a mean age at diagnosis of 82.8 ± 52.7 months, and 67 of them underwent right cardiac catheterization examinations and acute vasodilator testing. The result showed that mutation carriers demonstrated higher pulmonary vascular resistance (p = 0.012), higher right atrial pressure (

SUBMITTER: Zhang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9063954 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature