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Table 3 Specific Medical therapy for PAH with BMPR2 mutations or biallelic EIF2AK4 variants

From: Clinical characteristics and survival of Chinese patients diagnosed with pulmonary arterial hypertension who carry BMPR2 or EIF2KAK4 variants

 

BMPR2 (N = 45)

EIF2AK4 (N = 11)

ERA monotherapy

5(11.1)

0

PDE5 inhibitor monotherapy

21(46.7)

5(45.5)

Prostacyclin derivative monotherapy

1(2.2)

1(9.1)

ERA plus PDE5

14(31.3)

3(27.3)

ERA plus prostacyclin derivative

1(2.2)

0

PDE5 inhibitor plus prostacyclin derivative

1(2.2)

0

ERA plus PDE5 inhibitor plus prostacyclin derivative

1(2.2)

0

No specific PAH therapy

1(2.2)

2(18.2)

  1. ERA endothelin receptor antagonist, PDE5 phosphoriesterase type 5