New tool helps predict lung disease-related PH mortality risk

New tool helps predict lung disease-related PH mortality risk

Researchers in the U.S. have developed a tool to help predict mortality risk in people with chronic lung disease and pulmonary hypertension (PH). The tool, PVD-B65, accounts for risk factors related to both conditions, including age, lung disease type, PH severity, exercise capacity, and blood levels of a heart disease biomarker. “The PVD-B65 risk assessment tool is a novel tool for prognostication in patients with chronic lung disease and PH,” …