Table 2.
Medication | Treatments in all patients (n = 626) | Treatments in incidence cases (n = 297) |
---|---|---|
No. (%) of patients receiving PAH-specific medications in all treatments | 380 (60.8) | 182 (61.3) |
No. (%) of medications in all PAH-specific treatments | ||
Single bosentan | 155 (40.9) | 93 (51.1) |
Single sildenafil | 45 (11.8) | 21 (11.6) |
Single inhaled ilprost | 22 (5.8) | 17 (9.3) |
Single beraprost | 86 (22.6) | 23 (12.6) |
Combinations of above single medications | 72 (18.9) | 28 (15.4) |
Values are presented as number (%). Reprinted from Chung et al. [9].
PAH, pulmonary arterial hypertension.