Ageing and pulmonary hypertension: an endemic at the horizon?
A PVRI 2022 Digital webinar
Presentations
- Age-dependent prevalence of PH in the general population, Harm Jan Bogaard
- Senescence mechanisms and pulmonary vascular aging, Serge Adnot
- Metabolic Syndrome and obesity leads to age-related PH, Imad Al Ghouleh
- Genetics and epigenetics in age-related PH, Stephen Archer
- Right heart catheterization is underused in elderly patients suspected of pulmonary hypertension, Samara Jansen
Poll
Start of webinar poll
1. Talk 1: The increasing prevalence of PH in the elderly primarily reflects an increasing prevalence of group 2 and 3 PH and is therefore of little relevance to treatment in the expert centers
Agree - 46%
Disagree - 54%
2. Talk 2: Senescent cells exert a deleterious influence on development of pulmonary hypertension
Agree - 92%
Disagree - 8%
3. Talk 3: Does metabolic syndrome lead to age-related PH?
Yes - 96%
No - 4%
4. N/A
5. Talk 5: Performing a RHC in incident PH patient > 65 years old could reveal more treatable pre-capillary PH?
Agree - 92%
Disagree - 8%
End of webinar poll
1. Talk 1: The increasing prevalence of PH in the elderly primarily reflects an increasing prevalence of group 2 and 3 PH and is therefore of little relevance to treatment in the expert centers
Agree - 45%
Disagree - 55%
2. Talk 2: Senescent cells exert a deleterious influence on development of pulmonary hypertension
Agree - 100%
Disagree - 0%
3. Talk 3: Does metabolic syndrome lead to age-related PH?
Yes - 100%
No - 0%
4. Talk 4: The most common gene mutation is BMPR2
Agree - 82%
Disagree - 18%
5. Talk 5: Performing a RHC in incident PH patient > 65 years old could reveal more treatable pre-capillary PH?
Agree - 100%
Disagree - 0%