TY - JOUR
T1 - Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension in the Netherlands Epidemiology and Characterization During the Period 1991 to 2005
AU - van Loon, Rosa Laura E.
AU - Roofthooft, Marcus T. R.
AU - Hillege, Hans L.
AU - ten Harkel, Arend D. J.
AU - van Osch-Gevers, Magdalena
AU - Delhaas, Tammo
AU - Kapusta, Livia
AU - Strengers, Jan L. M.
AU - Rammeloo, Lukas A. J.
AU - Clur, Sally-Ann B.
AU - Mulder, Barbara J.M.
AU - Berger, Rolf M. F.
PY - 2011/10/18
Y1 - 2011/10/18
N2 - Background-Incidence and prevalence rates for pediatric pulmonary hypertension (PH) and pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) are unknown. This study describes the nationwide epidemiological features of pediatric PH in the Netherlands during a 15-year period and the clinical course of pediatric PAH. Methods and Results-Two registries were used to retrospectively identify children (0-17 years) with PH. Overall, 3263 pediatric patients were identified with PH due to left heart disease (n = 160; 5%), lung disease/hypoxemia (n = 253; 8%), thromboembolic disease (n = 5;
AB - Background-Incidence and prevalence rates for pediatric pulmonary hypertension (PH) and pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) are unknown. This study describes the nationwide epidemiological features of pediatric PH in the Netherlands during a 15-year period and the clinical course of pediatric PAH. Methods and Results-Two registries were used to retrospectively identify children (0-17 years) with PH. Overall, 3263 pediatric patients were identified with PH due to left heart disease (n = 160; 5%), lung disease/hypoxemia (n = 253; 8%), thromboembolic disease (n = 5;
KW - pulmonary hypertension
KW - pediatric
KW - epidemiology
KW - incidence
KW - prevalence
U2 - 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.969584
DO - 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.969584
M3 - Article
SN - 0009-7322
VL - 124
SP - 1755-U136
JO - Circulation
JF - Circulation
IS - 16
ER -