TY - JOUR
T1 - Comparison of survival in patients with pulmonary hypertension associated with fenfluramine to patients with primary pulmonary hypertension
AU - Rich, Stuart
AU - Shillington, Alicia
AU - McLaughlin, Vallerie
PY - 2003/12/1
Y1 - 2003/12/1
N2 - To test whether the clinical presentation and prognosis of fenfluramine-induced pulmonary hypertension (PH) differs from primary PH (PPH), we compared the clinical profile and outcome of 10 patients with fenfluramine-induced PH with that of 70 patients with PPH referred to our center over the same time frame and treated identically. Patients with diet pill PH were similar to those with PPH with respect to hemodynamics. However, patients with fenfluramine-induced PH had poorer survival: 1-year survival 50% versus 88%, and 3-year survival 17% versus 60%.
AB - To test whether the clinical presentation and prognosis of fenfluramine-induced pulmonary hypertension (PH) differs from primary PH (PPH), we compared the clinical profile and outcome of 10 patients with fenfluramine-induced PH with that of 70 patients with PPH referred to our center over the same time frame and treated identically. Patients with diet pill PH were similar to those with PPH with respect to hemodynamics. However, patients with fenfluramine-induced PH had poorer survival: 1-year survival 50% versus 88%, and 3-year survival 17% versus 60%.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.amjcard.2003.08.034
DO - 10.1016/j.amjcard.2003.08.034
M3 - Article
C2 - 14636926
AN - SCOPUS:0242404681
SN - 0002-9149
VL - 92
SP - 1366
EP - 1368
JO - American Journal of Cardiology
JF - American Journal of Cardiology
IS - 11
ER -