June 11, 2026 · American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · DOI: 10.1093/ajrccm/aamag289

Identification of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Patients with Venous or Capillary Involvement

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The authors aimed to develop a likelihood score to distinguish patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) who have features of venous or capillary involvement (PVOD/PCH) from those with other forms of PAH. By analyzing clinical variables from existing literature, they created a score that demonstrated high accuracy in identifying PVOD/PCH, which could improve early diagnosis, management, and expedite lung transplant referrals for affected patients.

Adam M Andruska, Alejandro Cruz-Utrilla, Esther J Nossent, Lucas R Celant, Issac Yiqun Yang, Raquel Lyn, Yu Kuang Julie Lai, Kristina Kudelko, Yon Sung, Edda Spiekerkoetter, Vinicio De Jesus Perez, Henry Haiwei Guo, Harm Jan Bogaard, Pilar Escribano-Subias, Roham T Zamanian, Andy Sweatt

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