Table 2—

Clinical and haemodynamic findings and bone morphogenetic protein receptor (BMPR)-2 mutations in BMPR2-positive children and adults with pulmonary arterial hypertension/congenital heart disease

Adult 1Adult 2Adult 3Child 4Child 5Child 6
Age initial cat. yrs1957193133.5
Age at PAH diagnosis yrs11653219#
Age at repair yrsNANA4NANA20#
Outcome/age yrsLost to f-uLost to f-uTx, 23A, 16A, 18D, 5
Sex M/FFFMFMM
EthnicityWhiteWhiteWhiteWhiteAsianWhite
Type of CHDAVC-CAVC-CAVC-CASD/PDAASD/PDA/PAPVRAW and VSD
PAPm kPa (mmHg)9.33 (70)ND10.0 (75)8.13 (61)9.2 (69)10.0 (75)
RAPm kPa (mmHg)0.93 (7)ND1.06 (8)0.53 (4)0 (0)0.53 (4)
CI L·min−1·m−28.3ND4.02.33.24.0
PVR Wood units·m−218ND23191022
SVR Wood units·m−28ND13252113
MVSa,O2 %50ND52656068
Sa,O2 %64ND84918690
Genetic syndromeDownNNRing 14NN
BMPR2 mutation
 Exon2335112
 Nucleic acid change125A>G304A>G319T>C556A>G1509A>C140G>A
 Amino acid changeQ42RT102AS107PM186VE503DG47N
 Type of mutationMissenseMissenseMissenseMissenseMissenseMissense
  • Cat.: catheterisation

  • PAH: pulmonary arterial hypertension

  • M: male

  • F: female

  • CHD: congenital heart defects

  • PAPm: mean pulmonary artery pressure

  • RAPm: mean right atrial pressure

  • CI: cardiac index

  • PVR: pulmonary vascular resistance

  • SVR: systemic vascular resistance

  • MVSa,O2: mixed venous oxygen saturation

  • Sa,O2: systemic oxygen saturation

  • NA: not applicable

  • f-u: follow-up

  • Tx: heart-lung transplant

  • A: alive

  • D: dead

  • AVC-C: complete atrial ventricular canal defect type C

  • ASD: atrial septal defect

  • PDA: patent ductus arteriosus

  • PAPVR: partial anomalous pulmonary venous return

  • AW: aortopulmonary window

  • VSD: ventricular septal defect

  • ND: not done

  • Down: Down syndrome

  • N: normal

  • Ring 14: ring chromosome 14

  • #: months