Influence of Pulmonary Hypertension on Patients With Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Awaiting Lung Transplantation Don Hayes, MD, MS, Sylvester M. Black, MD, PhD, Joseph D. Tobias, MD, Stephen Kirkby, MD, Heidi M. Mansour, PhD, Bryan A. Whitson, MD, PhD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 101, Issue 1, Pages 246-252 (January 2016) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.06.024 Copyright © 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Patient inclusion and exclusion criteria for patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and subsequent univariate analysis, Kaplan-Meier survival curve, multivariate Cox analysis, and propensity score matching. (PH = pulmonary hypertension.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2016 101, 246-252DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.06.024) Copyright © 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Kaplan-Meier survival functions comparing pulmonary hypertension (blue line) and no pulmonary hypertension (red line) in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis using mean pulmonary artery pressure 25 mm Hg or greater as the threshold (n = 6,126; log rank test χ2 [df = 1] 40.44, p < 0.001). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2016 101, 246-252DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.06.024) Copyright © 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Kaplan-Meier survival functions comparing pulmonary hypertension (blue line) and no pulmonary hypertension (red line) in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis using mean pulmonary artery pressure 35 mm Hg or greater as the threshold (n = 6,126; log rank test χ2 [df = 1] 60.62, p < 0.001). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2016 101, 246-252DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.06.024) Copyright © 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions