Prevalence of sarcoidosis-associated pulmonary hypertension: cumulative analysis of two PULSAR studies

We have read with great interest the study by Huitema et al. [1] showing a pulmonary hypertension (PH) prevalence of around 3% in a large cohort of predominantly Caucasian sarcoidosis patients in a Dutch tertiary centre. According to the authors, a European Caucasian cohort has never been studied before this PULmonary hypertension in pulmonary SARcoidosis (PULSAR) study. In this context, in 2013 we reported another PULSAR study (PULmonary hypertension in SARcoidosis) in an albeit smaller cohort from a German tertiary centre [2]. Of interest, we showed very similar results, with a prevalence of precapillary PH of 3.6% with a similar study design in Caucasian sarcoidosis patients.
Source: European Respiratory Journal - Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Tags: Original Articles: Correspondence Source Type: research