More than half of pulmonary fibrosis patients have PH

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There is not much data looking at pulmonary hypertension (PH) in interstitial lung disease, except in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). A study of patients with pulmonary fibrosis found that 60.7% of those with progressive pulmonary fibrosis (PPF) and 63.8% of those with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis had pulmonary hypertension.

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