Pulmonary hypertension in Saudi Arabia: First data from the SAUDIPH registry with a focus on pulmonary arterial hypertension.

Abdullah M AldalaanSarfraz A SaleemiIhab WehebaAbeer AbdelsayedMaha M AleidFatima AlzubiHamdeia ZaytounNadeen Alharbi

Published in: Respirology (Carlton, Vic.) (2020)

PAH was the most frequent aetiology and patients were younger at diagnosis compared to other cohorts. Most patients showed improvement in FC and NT-proBNP. The estimated 1-year survival was better than previous studies, possibly reflecting wider use of combination therapy and the high prevalence of CHD-PAH.

Keyphrases

pulmonary arterial hypertension
pulmonary hypertension
end stage renal disease
combination therapy
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
pulmonary artery
machine learning
electronic health record
big data