Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension in Austria and Japan

Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is characterized by one or more of the following features: intraluminal thrombus organization, fibrous stenosis and complete obliteration of major pulmonary arteries, amenable to significant improvement by pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA) or balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA), and medical treatments with vasodilators. Because treatment practices and outcomes differ in Europe versus Japan, we hypothesized that population-based characteristics of pulmonary vascular phenotypes may exist in Austria compared with Japan.

Source: The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery - January 21, 2019 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Stella Chausheva, Akira Naito, Aiko Ogawa, Veronika Seidl, Max-Paul Winter, Smriti Sharma, Roela Sadushi-Kolici, Ioana-Alexandra Campean, Shahroukh Taghavi, Bernhard Moser, Walter Klepetko, Keiichi Ishida, Hiromi Matsubara, Seiichiro Sakao, Irene M. Lang Source Type: research