• Eur J Cardiothorac Surg · Jun 2001

    Pulmonary thromboendarterectomy--risk factors for early survival and hemodynamic improvement.

    • D Tscholl, F Langer, O Wendler, H Wilkens, T Georg, and H J Schäfers.
    • Deptartment of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Homburg, Homburg, Germany.
    • Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2001 Jun 1;19(6):771-6.

    ObjectivePulmonary thromboendarterectomy (PTE) for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension is a challenging procedure with a considerable mortality. The aim of this investigation was to identify risk factors influencing mortality and operative results.MethodsBetween October 1995 and August 2000, 69 patients (age 54 years; 34 women; mean New York Heart Association (NYHA) stage 3.4) underwent PTE. The preoperative pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) was 988+/-554 dynes x s x cm(-5), mean pulmonary artery pressure 50+/-12 mmHg, right atrial pressure (RAP) 11.5+/-4 mmHg. Hospital mortality was 10.1% (n=7/69). Mean postoperative PVR on the 2nd day was 324+/-188 dynes x s x cm(-5). Pulmonary angiography was reviewed for number of involved segments (mean 9.3+/-2) and bronchial arteries diameter (BAD; mean 4.6+/-1.6 mm). A univariate and multivariate analysis was performed to determine preoperative risk factors for hospital death and inadequate hemodynamic improvement.ResultsBy univariate analysis, mortality was influenced by age (P=0.04), right atrial pressure (P=0.009), NYHA (P=0.02) and the number of angiographically involved segments (P=0.02). Sex, left ventricular function, presence of coronary artery disease and bronchial artery diameter did not show correlation with mortality. Inadequate hemodynamic improvement in a dichotomized analysis (PVR > or =500 dynes x s x cm(-5), n=11, and PVR < 500 dynes x s x cm(-5), n=58), assessed by univariate analysis, was significantly influenced by age (P=0.02), preoperative PVR (P=0.01), NYHA (P=0.002), RAP (P=0.02) and female sex (P=0.02). Multivariate analysis identified age (P=0.1), RAP (P=0.002) and female sex (P=0.007) as risk factors for inferior hemodynamic improvement.ConclusionsPreoperative parameters can be utilized to assess postoperative mortality and hemodynamic improvement after pulmonary thromboendarterectomy. Patient age and clinical deterioration of pulmonary hypertension are considerable preoperative factors influencing hospital mortality. Inadequate postoperative hemodynamic improvement is affected by severity of disease and female sex.

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