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. 2017 Feb 6;7(2):e014037. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014037

Table 1.

Inclusion criteria

Criteria Characteristics of eligible participants
1. Male and female patients aged ≥18 years
2. PAH diagnosed by RHC (at any time prior to baseline) with the following parameters:32
i. Resting mPAP≥25 mm Hg, and
ii. Resting PCWP or LVEDP≤15 mm Hg
3. Stable PAH-specific medication in the preceding 3 months
4. Female participants of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test and agree to use contraception for study duration.

LVEDP, left ventricular end diastolic pressure; mPAP, mean pulmonary arterial pressure; PCWP, pulmonary capillary wedge pressure; PAH, pulmonary arterial hypertension; PVR, pulmonary vascular resistance; RHC, right heart catheterisation.