Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension [PDF]
Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is a potentially fatal disease, which may occur as a rare complication after acute pulmonary embolism, although the exact epidemiology of CTEPH is unknown.
Isabelle Opitz, Silvia Ulrich
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CLINICAL CASE: CHRONIC THROMBOEMBOLIC PULMONARY HYPERTENSION IN A CHILD
The article deals with a rare clinical case of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension in children. This case demonstrates the difficulty of identifying of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension and masking it under the community-acquired ...
D. J. Sadykova +5 more
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Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension [PDF]
Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is a rare but debilitating and life-threatening complication of acute pulmonary embolism. CTEPH results from persistent obstruction of pulmonary arteries and progressive vascular remodelling. Not all patients presenting with CTEPH have a history of clinically overt pulmonary embolism. The diagnostic
Marius M, Hoeper +5 more
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Patient-Specific Haemodynamic Modeling to Estimate the Extent of Microvascular Disease and Response to Pulmonary Endarterectomy in Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension. [PDF]
Ebrahimi BS +11 more
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Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension [PDF]
Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is a complication of pulmonary embolism and a major cause of chronic PH leading to right heart failure and death. Lung ventilation/perfusion scintigraphy is the screening test of choice; a normal scan rules out CTEPH.
Nick H. Kim +10 more
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Comorbidity Burden in Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension: Implications and Outcome. [PDF]
Kilickiran Avci B +14 more
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Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension [PDF]
Pulmonary arterial hypertension is a severe disease that has been ignored for a long time. However, over the past 20 yrs chest physicians, cardiologists and thoracic surgeons have shown increasing interest in this disease because of the development of new therapies, that have improved both the outcome and quality of life of patients, including ...
P, Dartevelle +11 more
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Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension [PDF]
The pulmonary hypertension (PH) and right heart dysfunction that results from chronic thromboembolic involvement of the pulmonary vascular bed is potentially curable with surgical endarterectomy. Over the past several decades, growing clinical experience has brought about increased recognition of this treatable form of PH.
Wittine, Lara M., Auger, William R.
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Pulmonary tumour thrombotic microangiopathy or chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension?-diagnosed by pulmonary wedge aspiration cytology using a Swan-Ganz catheter: a case report. [PDF]
Shimojo T +4 more
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Treatment for pulmonary arterial hypertension and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension in Latin America differs between countries, with regard to disease etiology, health insurance coverage, and drug availability.
Mauricio Orozco‐Levi +11 more
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