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ReviewJournal of cardiovascular development and disease2023

Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in the Elderly: Peculiar Features and Challenges for a Proper Phenotyping Approach.

Riccardo Scagliola, Claudio Brunelli, Manrico Balbi

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Review in Journal of cardiovascular development and disease, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Sotatercept: A First-In-Class Activin Signaling Inhibitor for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.The Journal of pharmacy technology : jPT : official publication of the Association of Pharmacy Technicians · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Riccardo ScagliolaCardiology Division, Department of Emergency, Cardinal G. Massaia Hospital, 14100 Asti, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5439-3300
Claudio BrunelliPulmonary Hypertension Outpatient Clinic, Cardiovascular Disease Unit, San Martino Hospital, 16132 Genoa, Italy.
Manrico BalbiPulmonary Hypertension Outpatient Clinic, Cardiovascular Disease Unit, San Martino Hospital, 16132 Genoa, Italy.
Ospedale Policlinico San Martino · ITAzienda Sanitaria Locale di Asti · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

(1) Introduction. Although pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) usually affects young people with a low cardiovascular risk profile, progressive epidemiologic changes have been providing a codified phenotype of elderly subjects with PAH and increased risk predictors for left heart disease. We therefore conducted a systematic review to describe the current knowledge and characteristics of elderly individuals with PAH and further insights concerning their prognostic outcomes and therapeutic response. (2) Methods. A search was conducted in PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane Library for publications evaluating the epidemiology, diagnostic work-up, and treatment of PAH in elderly subjects. (3) Among the 74 publications initially retrieved, 16 full-text articles were selected for the present systematic review. Compared to their younger counterparts, elderly individuals with PAH showed greater clinical deterioration, reduced exercise capacity, and worse prognostic outcomes, as well as less response to PAH-targeted therapy and higher rates of PAH drug discontinuation. (4) Conclusions. Demographic changes over time contributed to define a peculiar PAH phenotype in elderly patients, with an increased burden of cardiovascular comorbidities and distinctive features compared to young patients. Further investigations are needed in order to better clarify the nosologic criteria, and management in this subset population.

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cardiovascular comorbiditieselderlyleft heart diseasepulmonary arterial hypertension

Identifiers

PMID37754830
PMCPMC10531962
OpenAlexW4386831239

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