Is Down Syndrome Related to Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension? A Comparative Study

• Published in: Acta medica Iranica Vol. 59; no. 5; p. 280
• Main Authors: Doostparast Torshizi, Ghazaleh, Gholami, Mahboobe, Alizadeh, Behzad
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; French
• Published: Tehran Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2021
• Subjects: Age; Cardiology; Cardiovascular disease; Congenital diseases; Down syndrome; Gender; Heart; Hospitals; Pediatrics; Pulmonary arteries; Pulmonary hypertension; Statistical analysis; Veins & arteries

Down syndrome (DS) is a genetic impairment associated with comorbidities such as Congenital Heart Disease (CHD). Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) is a complication of CHD in most patients. Due to insufficient documents about the prevalence of PAH in DS with CHDs compared to non-DS (NDS)+CHD pat...