Pulmonary thromboendarterectomy is a curative resolution for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension associated with antiphospholipid syndrome: a retrospective cohort study.

CONCLUSION: These results provide strong evidence that PTE is a curative resolution in patients with APS-associated CTEPH. Following a full specialized and multidisciplinary risk-benefit evaluation to limit the risk of thrombosis or bleeding and to manage possible thrombocytopenia, PTE is at least a temporal curative resolution for CTEPH complicated with APS.
PMID: 30451640 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Lupus - November 21, 2018 Category: Rheumatology Authors: Li C, Zhao J, Liu S, Song W, Zhu J, Hua L, Wang Q, Li M, Zeng X, Zhao Y Tags: Lupus Source Type: research