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What is your approach to management of elderly patients with cardiopulmonary comorbidities and severe pulmonary hypertension?

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Pulmonology · Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

I generally follow the current ERS/ESC guidelines with regard to the treatment of patients with WHO group 1 PAH. I often will often start with a low dose of PDE5i and see them back within 4 weeks prior to increasing the dose. Similarly, I will see back within 4 weeks of adding an ERA to look for sid...

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