• Heart Lung · Sep 1998

    Review Case Reports

    Pulmonary thromboendarterectomy: an advance in the treatment of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.

    • C L McKane.
    • Department of Nursing, Mayo Medical Center, Rochester, MN 55902, USA.
    • Heart Lung. 1998 Sep 1;27(5):293-6.

    AbstractA new surgical procedure, pulmonary thromboendarterectomy, provides innovation in the surgical management of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. This article will provide an overview of the surgical procedure itself as well as preindications for surgery and postoperative management. A clinical case study of a patient who has experienced the surgical procedure will be shared to apply the care management techniques outlined in the article.

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