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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2022

Left Heart Disease Phenotype in Elderly Patients with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Insights from the Italian PATRIARCA Registry.

Matteo Toma, Roberta Miceli, Edoardo Bonsante, Davide Colombo, Marco Confalonieri, Andrea Garascia, Stefano Ghio, Mariangela Lattanzio, Carlo Maria Lombardi, Giuseppe Paciocco and 10 more

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Frequency, characteristics and risk assessment of pulmonary arterial hypertension with a left heart disease phenotype.Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society · 2025
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  5. The pathophysiological approach: the best for phenotyping patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension: reply.Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society · 2024
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  7. Pulmonary hypertension.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2024
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  10. Treatment of pulmonary hypertension after seven world symposia.Therapeutic advances in respiratory disease
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

20 authors at 15 institutions in 2 countries.

Matteo TomaCardiovascular Disease Unit, Cardiac, Vascular, and Thoracic Department, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Largo Rosanna Benzi 10, 16132 Genova, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1361-9609
Roberta MiceliCardiovascular Disease Unit, Ente Ospedaliero Ospedali Galliera, Mura delle Cappuccine 14, 16128 Genova, Italy.
Edoardo BonsanteCardiology Unit, Ospedale di Bolzano, 39100 Bolzano, Italy.
Davide ColomboCardiology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6034-6335
Marco ConfalonieriDepartment of Pulmonology, University Hospital of Cattinara, Strada di Fiume 447, 34149 Trieste, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4791-768X
Andrea GarasciaDe Gasperis Cardio Center, Niguarda Hospital, 20162 Milano, Italy.
Stefano GhioCardiology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
Mariangela LattanzioCardiology Unit, Department of Heart and Vessels, Ospedale di Circolo & Fondazione Macchi, 21100 Varese, Italy.
Carlo Maria LombardiCardiology Unit, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, 25123 Brescia, Italy.
Giuseppe PacioccoPulmonary Unit, Cardio-Thoracic and Vascular Department, Milano Bicocca University, San Gerardo Hospital, 20126 Milano, Italy.
Cristina PiccininoDivision of Cardiology, "Maggiore della Carità" Hospital, Corso Mazzini 18, 28100 Novara, Italy.
Irene RotaCardiovascular Disease Unit, Internal Medicine Department, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, 20122 Milano, Italy.
Caterina SantolamazzaDe Gasperis Cardio Center, Niguarda Hospital, 20162 Milano, Italy.
Laura ScelsiCardiology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
Piermario ScuriCardiology Unit, Cardiovascular Department, ASST- Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII, 24127 Bergamo, Italy.
Davide StolfoCardiothoracovascular Department, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Giuliano Isontina and University Hospital of Trieste, 34129 Trieste, Italy.
Antonella VincenziDepartment of Cardiology, San Gerardo Hospital, 20900 Monza, Italy.
Lorenzo VolpianoPulmonary Unit, Cardio-Thoracic and Vascular Department, Milano Bicocca University, San Gerardo Hospital, 20126 Milano, Italy.
Marco VicenziCardiovascular Disease Unit, Internal Medicine Department, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, 20122 Milano, Italy.
Pietro AmeriCardiovascular Disease Unit, Cardiac, Vascular, and Thoracic Department, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Largo Rosanna Benzi 10, 16132 Genova, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7167-7287
Policlinico San Matteo Fondazione · ITAzienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda · ITOspedale Policlinico San Martino · ITUniversity of Milano-Bicocca · ITAzienda Ospedaliera San Gerardo · ITAzienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale degli Spedali Civili di Brescia · ITEnte Ospedaliero Ospedali Galliera · ITFondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico · ITKarolinska Institutet · SEOspedale di Bolzano · ITOspedale di Cattinara · ITOspedale di Circolo e Fondazione Macchi · ITOspedale Papa Giovanni XXIII · ITUniversità degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale “Amedeo Avogadro” · ITUniversity of Milan · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in the elderly is often associated with left heart disease (LHD), prompting concerns about the use of pulmonary vasodilators. The PATRIARCA registry enrolled ≥70 year-old PAH or chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) patients at 11 Italian centers from 1 December 2019 through 15 September 2022. After excluding those with CTEPH, post-capillary PH at the diagnostic right heart catheterization (RHC), and/or incomplete data, 23 (33%) of a total of 69 subjects met the criteria proposed in the AMBITION trial to suspect LHD. Diabetes [9 (39%) vs. 6 (13%), p = 0.01] and chronic kidney disease [14 (61%) vs. 12 (26%), p = 0.003] were more common, and the last RHC pulmonary artery wedge pressure [14 ± 5 vs. 10 ± 3 mmHg, p < 0.001] was higher and pulmonary vascular resistance [5.56 ± 3.31 vs. 8.30 ± 4.80, p = 0.02] was lower in LHD than non-LHD patients. However, PAH therapy was similar, with 13 (57%) and 23 (50%) subjects, respectively, taking two oral drugs. PAH medication patterns remained comparable between LHD and non-LHD patients also when the former [37, 54%] were identified by atrial fibrillation and echocardiographic features of LHD, in addition to the AMBITION criteria. In this real-world snapshot, elderly PAH patients were treated with pulmonary vasodilators, including combinations, despite a remarkable prevalence of a LHD phenotype.

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comorbidityelderlyleft heart diseasepulmonary hypertensionvasodilator

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