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Prevalence

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  • the 2011 national audit of pulmonary hypertension (PH) in the UK showed that 6200 patients were seen in the seven designated centres giving a prevalence of 97 patients per million population
  • median age was 62 years with 1.8 females to every male. Nearly half the patients had pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and one fifth had chronic thromboembolic pulmnonary hypertension (CTEPH)

Reference:

  • 1) British Heart Foundation (August 2012). Factfile: pulmonary hypertension

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