Pulmonary Hemodynamic Response to Exercise in Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension before and after Pulmonary Endarterectomy
Author(s) -
Manuel J. Richter,
Natascha Sommer,
Henning Gall,
Robert Voswinckel,
Werner Seeger,
Eckhard Mayer,
Christoph B. Wiedenroth,
Andreas Rieth,
Friedrich Grimminger,
Stefan Guth,
Hossein A. Ghofrani
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
respiration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1423-0356
pISSN - 0025-7931
DOI - 10.1159/000398815
Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary hypertension , hemodynamics , vascular resistance , chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension , cardiology , pulmonary artery , cardiac output , diastole , blood pressure
Pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA) is the treatment of choice in surgically accessible chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). An important predictor of outcome is postsurgical residual pulmonary hypertension.
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