Table 22—

Definition of inadequate response to pulmonary arterial hypertension(PAH) treatments (see also section 7.2.5 and 7.2.6)

Inadequate clinical response for patients who were initially in WHO-FC II or III:
 (1) Resulting clinical status defined as stable and not satisfactory
 (2) Resulting clinical status defined as unstable and deteriorating
Inadequate clinical response for patients who were initially in WHO-FC IV:
 (1) No rapid improvement to WHO-FC III or better
 (2) Resulting clinical status defined as stable and not satisfactory
  • WHO-FC: World Health Organization functional class.