Chest
Volume 126, Issue 4, Supplement, October 2004, Page 771S
Slide PresentationsPulmonary Hypertension in Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
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Abstract
PURPOSE: To evaluate the effect of pulmonary hypertension (PH) on survival of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) .
METHODS: We identified 88 patients who had transthoracic echocardiograms with measurement of systolic pulmonary artery pressure (SPAP) performed within 3 months of initial evaluation for IPF at Mayo Clinic (index visit) from 1994 through 1996.
RESULTS: Eighty-eight patients were stratified into three groups based on their estimated SPAP: SPAP < or = 35 mmHg, 35< SPAP<
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