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A 5‐year survivor of endarterectomy for sclerosing undifferentiated intimal sarcoma of the pulmonary artery: Importance of clinical suspicion and careful histologic evaluation

open access: yesPulmonary Circulation, 2023
We present a diagnostically challenging case of intimal sarcoma of the pulmonary artery (PA) due to the histologic finding of a sclerosing appearance with no appreciable spindle/pleomorphic cell proliferation.
Kisaki Amemiya   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Giant Pulmonary Artery Thrombotic Material, Due to Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension, Mimics Pulmonary Artery Sarcoma

open access: yesMedicina, 2021
In this article, we present the case of a 38-year-old female who suffered from serious respiratory distress. After an extensive pulmonary artery imaging diagnostic work-up (CTPA, MRA and PET), we were unable to differentiate between chronic ...
Helen Triantafyllidi   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

A massive pulmonary thromboembolism after pulmonary endarterectomy: A case report

open access: yes, 2020
Pulmonary endarterectomy is a first choice treatment for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension which may be a complication of pulmonary thromembolism.
AKGÜN, Metin   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Pulmonary endarterectomy normalizes interventricular dyssynchrony and right ventricular systolic wall stress [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Background: Interventricular mechanical dyssynchrony is a characteristic of pulmonary hypertension. We studied the role of right ventricular (RV) wall stress in the recovery of interventricular dyssynchrony, after pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA) in ...
Gert-Jan Mauritz   +29 more
core   +1 more source

Noninvasive follow-up strategy after pulmonary endarterectomy for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension

open access: yes, 2022
BACKGROUND: The success of pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA) for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is usually evaluated by performing a right heart catheterisation (RHC).
Symersky, Petr   +29 more
core   +1 more source

Anesthesia Management for a Patient Undergoing Pulmonary Endarterctomy without Cardiopulmonary Bypass [PDF]

open access: yesBrazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
Pulmonary endarterectomy is a curative procedure for chronic thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension. As usual, cardiopulmonary bypass circuit is required. However, there are several complications attributed to extracorporeal circulation.
Ayten Saracoglu   +5 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Pulmonary vascular imaging characteristics after pulmonary endarterectomy for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension

open access: yes, 2020
BACKGROUND: Between 16% and 51% of patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension will have residual pulmonary hypertension (PH) after pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA).
de Man, Frances S.   +16 more
core   +1 more source

A case of pulmonary endarterectomy in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension - a happily completed odyssey [PDF]

open access: yesБългарска кардиология
Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension is a rare condition that is usually a consequence of prior acute pulmonary embolism. It is caused by persistent obstruction of pulmonary arteries by organized thrombi resulting in redistribution of blood flow
E. Dimitrova   +3 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Emergent balloon pulmonary angioplasty in a patient with central‐type chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension with cardiac shock

open access: yesClinical Case Reports, 2022
The standard treatment of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA); however, it may be unsuitable in the presence of comorbidities such as cardiac shock and severe hypoxia.
Hiroto Tamura   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

An Improved Technique for Pulmonary Endarterectomy

open access: yesThe Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2014
We report a modified technique for pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA) on a 67-year-old man with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) who presented with dyspnea. He was referred to our medical center for coronary artery bypass grafting. CTEPH had not been detected in his first visit to another medical center, but upon re-evaluation, the ...
Azari, Ali   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

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