First patient treated with sotatercept for pulmonary arterial hypertension in HK’s public healthcare sector
29 Dec 2025
byDr. Timothy Ka-Chun Un, Specialist in Cardiology, Queen Mary Hospital
A 35-year-old female civil servant with good past health was admitted to our centre on 28 April 2025 with a 6-month history of shortness of breath on exertion, wheeze, bilateral lower-limb oedema, 3 kg weight gain, and chest pain. She had no constitutional symptoms or palpitations, and no family history of rheumatologic disease or pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH).
