Chronic thromboembolic disease (CTEPH) is one of the causes for developing pulmonary hypertension (PH). PH is characterized by an increase in pulmonary vascular pressure and resistance, ultimately leading to chronic overload.
Javier Enrique Fajardo-Rivero +7 more
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Factors affecting patient outcomes in pulmonary artery thromboendarterectomy under deep hypothermic circulatory arrest and cardiopulmonary bypass support----a single center's experience. [PDF]
Guan M, Yang X, Fu L, Zhao X, Hei F.
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Advanced practice nurses play an integral role in the management of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension patients undergoing pulmonary thromboendarterectomy and balloon pulmonary angioplasty.
Wendy Nelson +2 more
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Implication to predict postoperative atrial fibrillation following pulmonary thromboendarterectomy
To the Editor, Liu and colleagues demonstrated that the development of postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) was not rare after pulmonary thromboendarterectomy (PTE), and the resting heart rate and age were their preoperative predictors.
Nobuhiro Nishida, T. Imamura
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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
A Keogh +34 more
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Craniofacial Involvement of Mucormycosis: A Single‐Center Experience of 57 Cases From Shiraz, Iran
Background: The incidence of mucormycosis surged significantly during the COVID‐19 pandemic, particularly among patients with diabetes mellitus (DM), a history of corticosteroid use, or immunosuppression. In Iran, the heightened prevalence of this opportunistic fungal infection underscored the critical importance of timely and comprehensive treatment ...
Darioush Naddaffard +9 more
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Isolated pulmonary valve endocarditis with rapid progression: a case report and literature review
Background Isolated pulmonary valve endocarditis (IPE) is rare, accounting for 1.5–2% of all cases of infective endocarditis. Herein, we describe a case of isolated pulmonary valve endocarditis with rapid progression in a 28-year-old male.
Ming-Xuan Zhang +6 more
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JAK Inhibitors for Treatment of VEXAS Syndrome: A Systematic Review of 186 Cases
Objectives: Vacuoles, E1 enzyme, X‐linked, autoinflammatory, somatic (VEXAS) syndrome is an autoinflammatory disease with a wide spectrum of manifestations and no standard treatment. Janus kinase inhibitors (JAK‐I) are small‐molecule drugs that affect many molecular pathways.
Saeed Bahramian +10 more
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Surgical Management of Chronic Pulmonary Embolism [PDF]
Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is a rare but life‐threatening complication of acute pulmonary embolism (PE). This entity is the consequence of a persistent obstruction of the pulmonary arteries and progressive vascular remodeling ...
Vallejo, Fabian Andres Giraldo
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Same‐Day Discharge Following Outpatient Balloon Pulmonary Angioplasty: A Single‐Center Experience
ABSTRACT Overnight inpatient monitoring is common following balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA) for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). We describe our institutional experience in same‐day discharge (SDD) after BPA. Across 78 BPA sessions, there were only 2 (2.6%) admissions for hemoptysis with no reperfusion lung injury or deaths at
Amit Saha +6 more
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