Table 4—

Effect of treatment on New York Heart Association(NYHA) functional class in idiopathic and nonidiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)

Idiopathic PAH#Nonidiopathic PAH
BaselinePost-treatmentBaselinePost-treatment
NYHA n
 I0100
 II132635
 III27121112
 IV0130
  • In idiopathic PAH, treatments included oral bosentan (n = 28), intravenous epoprostenol (n = 9) and both (n = 3). In nonidiopathic PAH, treatments included oral bosentan (n = 10), intravenous epoprostenol (n = 5) and inhaled iloprost (n = 2). #: n = 40; : n = 17.