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Results: 27 months analysis
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N
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%
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|---|
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Patients died
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15
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11.5%
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Dropouts
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4
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3.0%
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CTEPH/CTPVD with exercise PH*
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8/3
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6.2%/2.3%
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CTEPH/CTPVD: “CPET pos and Echo neg“#
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2/1
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1.5/0.77%
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- *In 8 patients pathological imaging and mean pulmonary artery pressure (mPAP) at rest of ≥ 25 mmHg had been found. In 3patients pathological imaging, mPAP at rest of < 25 mmHg, but increasing mPAP under exercise without increasing pulmonary artery occlusion pressure had been found suggesting CTPVD with exercise induced PH. # 2 out of 8 (25%) patients diagnosed with CTEPH and 1 out of 3 (33%) patients diagnosed with CTPVD and exercise induced PH showed normal echocardiography, but findings in the cardiopulmonary exercise test suspicious for functional relevant pulmonary perfusion abnormalities.
