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ArticleESC heart failure2022

Five year risk assessment and treatment patterns in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.

Barbro Kjellström, Habib Bouzina, Erik Björklund, Amélie Beaudet, Susan C Edwards, Roger Hesselstrand, Kjell Jansson, Magnus Nisell, Göran Rådegran, Anna Sandqvist and 3 more

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Article in ESC heart failure, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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13 authors at 9 institutions in 4 countries.

Barbro KjellströmLund University, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Clinical Physiology and Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-7936-1209
Habib BouzinaDepartment of Clinical Sciences Lund, Cardiology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Erik BjörklundDepartment of Cardiology, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden.
Amélie BeaudetActelion Pharmaceuticals, Allschwil, Switzerland.
Susan C EdwardsActelion Pharmaceuticals, Allschwil, Switzerland.
Roger HesselstrandDepartment of Clinical Sciences Lund, Section for Rheumatology, Lund University and Skåne university hospital, Lund, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-6794-2201
Kjell JanssonDepartment of Cardiology and Department of Clinical Physiology Institution of Medicine and Health Science, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-8965-4785
Magnus NisellLung Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
Göran RådegranDepartment of Clinical Sciences Lund, Cardiology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0003-4919-2771
Anna SandqvistJanssen Cilag AB, Solna, Sweden.
Håkan WåhlanderPediatric Heart Center, The Queen Silvia Children's Hospital, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, and Department of Pediatrics, Institute for Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-4753-3811
Clara HjalmarssonDepartment of Cardiology, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg and Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-2395-8989
Stefan SöderbergDepartment of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Medicine Unit, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
Lund University · SEActelion (Switzerland) · CHSahlgrenska University Hospital · SEJanssen (France) · FRKarolinska University Hospital · SELinköping University · SEUmeå University · SEUppsala University Hospital · SEValve (United States) · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimsRepeated risk assessments and treatment patterns over long time are sparsely studied in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH); thus, we aimed to investigate changes in risk status and treatment patterns in incident patients with CTEPH over a 5 year period. METHODS AND

resultsDescriptive and explorative study including 311 patients diagnosed with CTEPH 2008-2019 from the Swedish pulmonary hypertension registry, stratified by pulmonary endarterectomy surgery (PEA). Risk and PH-specific treatment were assessed in surgically treated (PEA) and medically treated (non-PEA) patients at diagnosis and up to 5 years follow-up. Data are presented as median (Q1-Q3), count or per cent. Prior to surgery, 63% in the PEA-group [n = 98, age 64 (51-71) years, 37% female] used PH-specific treatment and 20, 69, and 10% were assessed as low, intermediate or high risk, respectively. After 1 year post-surgery, 34% had no PH-specific treatment or follow-up visit registered despite being alive at 5 years. Of patients with a 5 year visit (n = 23), 46% were at low and 54% at intermediate risk, while 91% used PH-specific treatment. In the non-PEA group [n = 213, age 72 (65-77) years, 56% female], 28% were assessed as low, 61% as intermediate and 11% as high risk. All patients at high risk versus 50% at low risk used PH-specific treatment. The 1 year mortality was 6%, while the risk was unchanged in 57% of the patients; 14% improved from intermediate to low risk, and 1% from high to low risk. At 5 years, 27% had a registered visit and 28% had died. Of patients with a 5 year visit (n = 58), 38% were at low, 59% at intermediate and 1% at high risk, and 86% used PH-specific treatment.

conclusionsRisk status assessed pre-surgery did not foresee long-term post-PEA risk and pre-surgery PH-specific treatment did not foresee long-term post-PEA treatment. Medically treated CTEPH patients tend to remain at the same risk over time, suggesting a need for improved treatment strategies in this group.

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Hypertension, PulmonaryPulmonary EmbolismAgedEndarterectomyFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiesRisk AssessmentPulmonary endarterectomyPulmonary hypertensionRisk assessment

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PMID35789127
PMCPMC9715829
OpenAlexW4283819641

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