High levels of healthcare utilization prior to diagnosis in idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension support the feasibility of an early diagnosis algorithm: the SPHInX project

Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (iPAH) is a rare progressive, life-shortening disease, usually diagnosed at an advanced stage. We hypothesize that patients with iPAH exhibit patterns of health-seeking behavior before diagnosis that will allow the development of earlier identification tool...

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Main Authors: Rito Bergemann, James Allsopp, Harvey Jenner, Flora Ashley Daniels, Edmund Drage, Yevgeniy Samyshkin, Claude Schmitt, Steven Wood, David G. Kiely, Allan Lawrie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2018-09-01
Series:Pulmonary Circulation
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2045894018798613