학술논문
Impact of comorbidities and delay in diagnosis in elderly patients with pulmonary hypertension
Document Type
article
Author
Source
ERJ Open Research, Vol 4, Iss 4 (2018)
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
2312-0541
23120541
23120541
Abstract
Patient age at diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension is steadily increasing. The present study sought to analyse clinical characteristics, time to diagnosis and prognosis of pulmonary hypertension in elderly and very elderly patients. A study was conducted in a French regional referral centre for pulmonary hypertension. All consecutive patients diagnosed with pre-capillary pulmonary hypertension were included and categorised according to age: