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Data on the continuum of clinical risk related to cardiopulmonary hemodynamics in PoPH are lacking.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec xml:lang=\"en\">\n            <jats:title>Methods and Results<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p xml:lang=\"en\">\n              As part of the United States national Veterans Affairs Clinical Assessment, Reporting, and Tracking database, we performed a retrospective cohort study of adults with cirrhosis undergoing right heart catheterization between October 1, 2017, and September 30, 2022. Pulmonary hypertension (mean pulmonary arterial pressure [mPAP] &gt;20\u2009mm\u2009Hg without PoPH) and PoPH (mPAP &gt;20\u2009mm\u2009Hg+pulmonary artery wedge pressure \u226415\u2009mm\u2009Hg+pulmonary vascular resistance \u22653 WU) were defined by right heart catheterization hemodynamics. Multivariable Cox proportional hazards using natural splines for hemodynamic variables were used to evaluate the association between cardiopulmonary hemodynamics and mortality following right heart catheterization. A total of 4409 patients were included in the final analysis, predominantly men (96.3%), with a mean age of 68.5\u2009years. Pulmonary hypertension and PoPH were observed in 71.6% and 10.2% of the cohort, respectively. Compared with a reference cardiac index of 2.5\u2009L\/min per m\n              <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n              , the hazard for mortality increased progressively with decreasing cardiac index, even after adjustment for mPAP and pulmonary vascular resistance. The minority of patients with PoPH (N=65, 14.5%) were prescribed pulmonary vasodilator therapy.\n            <\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec xml:lang=\"en\">\n            <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p xml:lang=\"en\">These data suggest that pulmonary hypertension and PoPH are prevalent in veterans with chronic liver disease, but low use of targeted PoPH therapy persists. 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