Pulmonary hypertension registry of Kerala, India (PRO-KERALA) - Clinical characteristics and practice patterns

PROKERALA registry with 2003 pulmonary hypertension (PH) patients is the largest reported registry from India and the low and middle-income region. The chart above shows the proportion of patients (%) in different categories of PH and their mean age. Left heart diseases attributed to three fifths of patients with PH, of them 27% and 21% were due to valvular heart disease and coronary artery disease, respectively.146