Multi-institutional prospective registry in pulmonary hypertension associated with respiratory disease in Japan.
Conclusion: The first Japanese R-PH registry reveled that half of patients were severe form of R-PH. Even treated by PAH specific therapy their prognosis was poor.
Source: European Respiratory Journal - Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Tanabe, N., Kumamaru, H., Tamura, Y., Taniguchi, H., Emoto, N., Yamada, Y., Nishiyama, O., Tsujino, I., Kuraishi, H., Kimura, H., Inoue, Y., Morio, Y., Nakatsumi, Y., Satoh, T., Hanaoka, M., Handa, T., Sumitani, M., Kusaka, K., Nishimura, Y., Sakamaki, F. Tags: Pulmonary hypertension Source Type: research