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Table 4 PAH therapy at the time of final visit in the study at Chiba University Hospital (PoPH and I/H-PAH)

From: The clinical characteristics, treatment, and survival of portopulmonary hypertension in Japan

 

PoPH

I/H-PAH

p value

Modern PAH therapy (±) (%)

7/4 [64]

33/6 [85]

0.1442

 IV PGI2 (±) (%)

0/11 [0]

10/29 [26]

0.0176

 ERA (±) (%)

5/6 [45]

22/17 [56]

0.5202

 PDE5i (±) (%)

4/7 [36]

28/11 [72]

0.0335

 PGI2 receptor agonist (±) (%)

1/10 [1]

11/28 [28]

0.1567

 Combination therapy (±) (%)

3/8 [27]

26/13 [67]

0.0191

  1. PGI2, prostaglandin I2; ERA, endothelin-receptor antagonist; PDE5i, phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitor