Heart failure related to pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is becoming more common, with patients living fewer years in full health, a trend that’s predicted to continue, with more cases and deaths expected by 2050, a study showed.
In the three decades from 1990 to 2021, women accounted for more cases of PAH than men, suggesting that future efforts should focus on better understanding sex-specific differences and tailoring interventions. However, age-standardized prevalence rates, which adjust the number of cases by accounting for differences in age, appear to be decreasing.