Table 1. Clinical and diagnostic profile of pulmonary hypertension in Veteran patients.
| Patient Characteristics | |
| Men (%) | 332 (97.6) |
| Deceased (%) | 150 (44.1) |
| Age in years (range) | 77 (52-100) |
| PH Diagnosed in the Medical Record (%) | 59 (17.3) |
| Patient Comorbidities (range) | 13.8 (0-40) |
| Cardiovascular Comorbidities (range) | 5.3 (0-16) |
| Pulmonary Comorbidities (range) | 1.3 (0-6) |
| Days from Diagnosis (range) | 832 (0-4,817) |
The clinical characteristics of patients from two major Veterans Affairs hospitals undergoing transthoracic echocardiography demonstrating a pulmonary artery systolic pressure ≥60 mmHg were analyzed. Values are presented as N (%) for the categories: Men, Deceased, and Pulmonary hypertension (PH) diagnosed in the medical record. Values are presented as mean (range) for the categories: Age, Patient comorbidities, and Days from diagnosis. For each category, the total number of patients included in the analysis was N=340, except the category Days from diagnosis (N=82), which indicates the time elapsed between initial detection of severe PH of any severity by echocardiography and patient death.