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All hospitalisations for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in the Scottish population were examined to determine the epidemiological features of PAH. These data were compared with expert data from the Scottish Pulmonary Vascular Unit (SPVU).

Using the linked Scottish Morbidity Record scheme, data from all adults aged 16–65 yrs admitted with PAH (idiopathic PAH, pulmonary hypertension associated with congenital heart abnormalities and pulmonary hypertension associated with connective tissue disorders) during the period 1986–2001 were identified. These data were compared with the most recent data in the SPVU database (2005).

Overall, 374 Scottish males and females aged 16–65 yrs were hospitalised with incident PAH during 1986–2001. The annual incidence of PAH was 7.1 cases per million population. On December 31, 2002, there were 165 surviving cases, giving a prevalence of …