Response to Badagliacca et  al: Multi-dimensional assessment and cluster analysis for idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension phenotyping

We thank our colleagues for their thoughtful comments. As the field is moving forward, it becomes increasingly clear that the term idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension does not describe a homogenous and well-defined disease but a basket full of pulmonary vascular disorders that do not have much more in common than the presence of pre-capillary pulmonary hypertension and the absence of causative factors. Our cluster analysis focused on demographics and clinical presentation but has implications for disease mechanisms, treatment, and outcome.
Source: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation - Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Tags: CASE ANECDOTES, COMMENTS AND OPINIONS Source Type: research