Racial and ethnic differences in pulmonary arterial hypertension

This study explores the racial and ethnic differences in presentation, severity, and treatment of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in a large multicenter registry. African American and Hispanic patients are more likely to present with associated PAH compared to non-Hispanic whites...

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Autores principales: Al-Naamani, Nadine, Paulus, Jessica K., Roberts, Kari E., Pauciulo, Michael W., Lutz, Katie, Nichols, William C., Kawut, Steven M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2017
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5703127/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28849992
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2045893217732213
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author Al-Naamani, Nadine
Paulus, Jessica K.
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Pauciulo, Michael W.
Lutz, Katie
Nichols, William C.
Kawut, Steven M.
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description This study explores the racial and ethnic differences in presentation, severity, and treatment of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in a large multicenter registry. African American and Hispanic patients are more likely to present with associated PAH compared to non-Hispanic whites. Hispanic patients with PAH were less likely to be treated with PAH-specific medications compared to non-Hispanic whites.
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spelling pubmed-57031272017-12-04 Racial and ethnic differences in pulmonary arterial hypertension Al-Naamani, Nadine Paulus, Jessica K. Roberts, Kari E. Pauciulo, Michael W. Lutz, Katie Nichols, William C. Kawut, Steven M. Pulm Circ Research Letter This study explores the racial and ethnic differences in presentation, severity, and treatment of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in a large multicenter registry. African American and Hispanic patients are more likely to present with associated PAH compared to non-Hispanic whites. Hispanic patients with PAH were less likely to be treated with PAH-specific medications compared to non-Hispanic whites. SAGE Publications 2017-09-15 /pmc/articles/PMC5703127/ /pubmed/28849992 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2045893217732213 Text en © The Author(s) 2017 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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Racial and ethnic differences in pulmonary arterial hypertension
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title_full Racial and ethnic differences in pulmonary arterial hypertension
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title_short Racial and ethnic differences in pulmonary arterial hypertension
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5703127/
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