Pulmonary hypertension in the elderly: a different disease?

Breathe (Sheff). 2016 Mar;12(1):43-9. doi: 10.1183/20734735.003416.

¹ Service de Pneumologie, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland.
² Programme Hypertension Pulmonaire, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, Geneva, -Switzerland; Service de Cardiologie, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland.
³ Service de Pneumologie, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland; Programme Hypertension Pulmonaire, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, Geneva, -Switzerland.
⁴ Programme Hypertension Pulmonaire, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, Geneva, -Switzerland; Unité de Cardiologie Pédiatrique, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland.

Abstract

The distinction between PH in the elderly and normal ageing might make diagnosis difficult http://ow.ly/YYF1Q.