Background Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) includes idiopathic PAH and congenital heart disease (CHD) related PAH. A wide variety of CHD can develop PAH, but their clinical characteristics define four large groups: Eisenmenger, PAH associated with non-restrictive shunt, severe PAH associated with restrictive shunt and postoperative PAH. Our aim was to study the clinical and prognostic differences between these groups and idiopathic PAH. Methods The REHIPED registry is a Spanish, multicenter, observational and prospective registry on pulmonary hypertension in the pediatric population (<18 years of age) that began in 2008. 183 patients were analyzed: baseline characteristics, functional class, right catheterization data, treatment and survival were compared Results 183 patients were analyzed, characteristics are detailed in the table. In patients with idiopathic PAH, treatment with prostanoids was more frequently used as first line therapy and during follow up. The average follow-up time was 9 years. There was not a statistically significant difference in survival among the 4 clinical groups of CHD related PAH. There was a borderline significant difference (logrank p 0.05) in survival between the group of CHD related PAH and idiopathic PAH. Conclusion Idiopathic PAH patients have worse outcome than CHD related PAH patients although they have less comorbidities, less severe hemodynamics and are treated more aggressively. Funding Acknowledgement Type of funding source: Private grant(s) and/or Sponsorship. Main funding source(s): Janssen, Ferrer
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