RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Clinical characteristics of the pulmonary hypertension (PH) in a cardiologist service JF European Respiratory Journal JO Eur Respir J FD European Respiratory Society SP p2337 VO 38 IS Suppl 55 A1 Teresa Gil A1 Carmen Medina A1 Leticia Fernández A1 Francisco Javier Martínez A1 Carmen Corona A1 Pedro Antonio Chinchurreta A1 Juan Ramόn Siles A1 Francisco Torres A1 Francisco Ruiz YR 2011 UL http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/38/Suppl_55/p2337.abstract AB Introduction: Although many epidemiological data of primary Pulmonary Hypertension (PH) have been recorded, the literature as regards the characteristics of the general population suffering from PH is nevertheless scarce.Aim: To determine the clinical characteristics of the different types of PH in a cardiologist service of a general hospital patients.Results: 204 out of the 321 patients evaluated from January 1994 to December 2009 met the inclusion criteria. The average age was 73,36 (±17.48) years old, 55% of whom were women. The average initial PSAP was 74±9.2 mmHg. The predominant type found was PH owing to left heart disease 88 cases (43,13%), the most common etiology being mitral valve pathology (53/87). Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) represented 23% of the overall, there being ten cases of left-right shunts, four cases of primary PH, a case of scleroderma, another one of anorectics and two cases of portal hypertension. In eleven cases (13%) PH was associated with respiratory disease while the remaining 13% corresponded to PH caused by chronic thrombosis and/or pulmonary embolism. The average age of patients with PAH was lower (60 vs. 70). The predominant sex in all types of PH was female (2:1) except for those of systemic shunts, where no differences were found (1:1), and those owing to lung disease, with a male predominance (1:4.5).Conclusions: 1. Half of the recorded cases in our series correspond to PH owing to heart disease, mainly related to rheumatic valve disease. 2. The age of our patients was high, being significantly lower in those cases of PAH. 3. Female predominance was to be found in all cases, except for the cor pulmonale with a majority of male patients.