<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension is a progressive and disabling disease with high morbidity and mortality. Pulmonary endarterectomy has been approved as a first choice treatment for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension with obstruction of proximal pulmonary arteries. The aim of the article is to describe our first experience in this kind of treatment. Diagnosis of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension, criteria for the surgery, operative technique and results, perioperative management are discussed.</p></abstract>

Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension is a progressive and disabling disease with high morbidity and mortality. Pulmonary endarterectomy has been approved as a first choice treatment for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension with obstruction of proximal pulmonary arteries. The aim of the article is to describe our first experience in this kind of treatment. Diagnosis of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension, criteria for the surgery, operative technique and results, perioperative management are discussed.

Pulmonary endarterectomy for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: A case report and review of the literature

Clinic of Cardiovascular Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University

Centre of Cardiology and Angiology, Vilnius University Hospital Santariskiu Klinikos

Centre of Cardiac Surgery, Vilnius University Hospital Santariskiu Klinikos

Department of Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Physics, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University

Clinic of Infections, Chest Deseases, Dermatovenerology and Allergology, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University

Centre of Anestesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Management, Vilnius University Hospital Santariskiu Klinikos

Seminars in Cardiovascular Medicine

Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension is a progressive and disabling disease with high morbidity and mortality. Pulmonary endarterectomy has been...

Pulmonary endarterectomy for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: A case report and review of the literature

Published Online: Jul 20, 2012

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10287-012-0004-2

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