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ReviewNature reviews. Disease primers2024

Pulmonary hypertension.

Ana Mocumbi, Marc Humbert, Anita Saxena, Zhi-Cheng Jing, Karen Sliwa, Friedrich Thienemann, Stephen L Archer, Simon Stewart

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Review in Nature reviews. Disease primers, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 207 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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207citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
127.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

207 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 305 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 7 institutions in 8 countries.

Ana MocumbiFaculdade de Medicina, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Moçambique. ana.mocumbi@uem.ac.mz.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9564-2860
Marc HumbertService de Pneumologie et Soins Intensifs Respiratoires, Hôpital Bicêtre (Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris), Université Paris-Saclay, INSERM UMR_S 999, Paris, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0703-2892
Anita SaxenaSharma University of Health Sciences, Haryana, New Delhi, India.
Zhi-Cheng JingDepartment of Cardiology, Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0493-0929
Karen SliwaCape Heart Institute, Faculty of Health Science, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Friedrich ThienemannDepartment of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital, Faculty of Health Science, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4801-2030
Stephen L ArcherDepartment of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
Simon StewartInstitute of Health Research, University of Notre Dame, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9032-8998
University of Cape Town · ZAEduardo Mondlane University · MZGuangdong Academy of Medical Sciences · CNInserm · FRPandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma University of Health Sciences · INQueen's University · CAThe University of Notre Dame Australia · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pulmonary hypertension encompasses a range of conditions directly or indirectly leading to elevated pressures within the pulmonary arteries. Five main groups of pulmonary hypertension are recognized, all defined by a mean pulmonary artery pressure of >20 mmHg: pulmonary arterial hypertension (rare), pulmonary hypertension associated with left-sided heart disease (very common), pulmonary hypertension associated with lung disease (common), pulmonary hypertension associated with pulmonary artery obstructions, usually related to thromboembolic disease (rare), and pulmonary hypertension with unclear and/or multifactorial mechanisms (rare). At least 1% of the world's population is affected, with a greater burden more likely in low-income and middle-income countries. Across all its forms, pulmonary hypertension is associated with adverse vascular remodelling with obstruction, stiffening and vasoconstriction of the pulmonary vasculature. Without proactive management this leads to hypertrophy and ultimately failure of the right ventricle, the main cause of death. In older individuals, dyspnoea is the most common symptom. Stepwise investigation precedes definitive diagnosis with right heart catheterization. Medical and surgical treatments are approved for pulmonary arterial hypertension and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. There are emerging treatments for other forms of pulmonary hypertension; but current therapy primarily targets the underlying cause. There are still major gaps in basic, clinical and translational knowledge; thus, further research, with a focus on vulnerable populations, is needed to better characterize, detect and effectively treat all forms of pulmonary hypertension.

Indexed as

Hypertension, PulmonaryPulmonary Arterial HypertensionAgedHumansLungPulmonary Artery

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PMID38177157
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