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Pediatric Risk Stratification Models in Children with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Marlies Haarman, MD
Network Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension
University Medical Center Groningen - Center for Congenital Heart diseases
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Background
University Medical Center Groningen Center for Congenital Heart diseases
Time years Transplant-free survival %
1 2 3 4 5 20 40 60 80 100
- Poor prognosis of patients with
pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)
- A high need for improvement of
prognosis and refinement of treatment strategies
- Risk stratification as a crucial
cornerstone in the standard care
- f patients with PAH
Risk assessment in adult PAH
University Medical Center Groningen Center for Congenital Heart diseases
Galié et al., Eur Heart J, 2015.