[HTML][HTML] Severe pulmonary hypertension associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a prospective French multicenter cohort

G Dauriat, M Reynaud-Gaubert, V Cottin… - The Journal of Heart and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background: A small proportion of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(COPD) patients present severe pulmonary hypertension (PH), defined by mean pulmonary
artery pressure (mPAP)≥ 35 mm Hg measured by right heart catheterization. Little is known
about the characteristics of severe PH-COPD. The aim of the study based on a national
registry was to describe this phenotype. Methods: We prospectively included and followed
patients with incident PH-COPD. Clinical, functional, hemodynamic data at inclusion and …