• Cardiology clinics · Aug 2004

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    Pulmonary thromboendarterectomy surgery.

    • Patricia A Thistlethwaite, Michael Madani, and Stuart W Jamieson.
    • Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of California, San Diego, 200 West Arbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92103-8892, USA. pthistlethwaite@ucsd.edu
    • Cardiol Clin. 2004 Aug 1;22(3):467-78, vii.

    AbstractConsiderable progress has been made over the past decade in understanding the etiology, prevalence, natural history, and therapeutic approach to chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. Pulmonary endarterectomy is now widely recognized as the definitive treatment for chronic pulmonary hypertension resulting from thromboembolic disease. This article focuses on the surgical treatment of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.

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