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Case 3: Distal Chronic Thromboembolic Disease—Is Surgery an Option?

Authors :
Anjali Vaidya
William R. Auger
Deepa Gopalan
Source :
Clinical Cases in Cardiology ISBN: 9783030173654
Publication Year :
2019
Publisher :
Springer International Publishing, 2019.

Abstract

Patients with distal CTEPH remain among the most challenging to manage. This case illustrates the importance of screening all pulmonary hypertensive patients for CTEPH, and the value of correctly identifying patients with distal vessel chronic thromboembolic disease where a cure with thromboendarterectomy is feasible.

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Subjects :
medicine.medical_specialty
Pulmonary thromboendarterectomy
business.industry
medicine.medical_treatment
medicine
Thromboembolic disease
business
Surgery

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ISBN :
978-3-030-17365-4
ISBNs :
9783030173654
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Clinical Cases in Cardiology ISBN: 9783030173654
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........439b1fb96f219b602a676a21b7d398e5
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17366-1_3
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