Table 2– Major perioperative complications and fatalities after noncardiac, nonobstetric surgery in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)

Patient	Age	Sex	PAH type	Type of surgery	Anaesthesia	Urgency	Complications	Outcome
1	49	F	POPH	Gynaecology (mastectomy for breast cancer)	General	Elective	Right heart failure requiring catecholamines	Recovered
2	61	F	POPH	Trauma surgery (total hip-arthoplasty)	Spinal	Intermediate	Refractory right heart failure	Died
3	73	M	PVOD	Vascular surgery (saphenectomy)	Spinal	Elective	Right ventricular failure requiring catecholamines	Recovered
4	73	M	IPAH	Abdominal (bowel obstruction)	General	Emergency	Sepsis	Died
5	38	F	CTD-PAH	Abdominal (open cholecystectomy)	General	Intermediate	Right ventricular failure requiring catecholamines	Recovered
6	40	F	FPAH	Abdominal (laparoscopic cholecystectomy)	General	Elective	Bacterial peritonitis and sepsis	Died
7	78	F	IPAH	Abdominal (exploratory laparotomy)	General	Emergency	Post-operative respiratory failure, sepsis	Died

F: female; M: male; POPH: portopulmonary hypertension; PVOD: pulmonary veno-occlusive disease; IPAH: idiopathic PAH; CTD: connective tissue disease; FPAH: familial PAH.