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Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension [PDF]
Swiss Medical Weekly, 2018 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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Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension [PDF]
Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2013 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.
Marion Delcroix +2 more
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Chronic Thromboembolic Disease and Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
Clinics in Chest Medicine, 2021 Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary vascular disease (CTED) are rare manifestations of venous thromboembolism. Presumably, CTEPH and CTED are variants of the same pathophysiological mechanism. CTEPH and CTED can be near-cured by pulmonary endarterectomy, balloon pulmonary angioplasty, and medical ...
Irène M Lang +2 more
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The Pathobiology of Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
Annals of the American Thoracic Society, 2016 Abstract Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is a late sequel of venous thromboembolism that cannot be completely reproduced in animal models. The prevalence of CTEPH in humans is estimated at roughly 17–20 per million; however, partly because up to 50% of patients with CTEPH never experience symptomatic pulmonary ...
Irène M Lang +2 more
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Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension [PDF]
Current Treatment Options in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2010 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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Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension [PDF]
The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 2014 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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Pulmonary Circulation, 2022 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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Pulmonary artery blood flow dynamics in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
Scientific Reports, 2023 Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension is caused by incomplete resolution and organization of thrombi. Blood flow dynamics are involved in thrombus formation; however, only a few studies have reported on pulmonary artery blood flow dynamics in ...
Hideo Tsubata +8 more
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Percutaneous Interventional Therapy for Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
Structural Heart, 2023 Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension is a form of precapillary pulmonary hypertension resulting from the incomplete resolution of pulmonary thromboemboli and formation of chronic, fibrotic, flow-limiting obstructions within the pulmonary ...
Ehtisham Mahmud, MD, Lawrence Ang, MD
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Anatolian Journal of Cardiology, 2023 Background: Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension is a condition that occurs after mechanical obstruction of the pulmonary arteries by thrombus. Since the frequency and demographics of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension differ between ...
Mustafa Çörtük +5 more
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