Predicting survival for non-operative chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH): Practice can make perfect …

Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is caused by fibro-thrombotic obstruction of large pulmonary arteries combined with small-vessel arteriopathy. This subsequently leads to the development of pulmonary hypertension, right-heart failure and death.1 The etiology of CTEPH is not always clear. While up to 75% of patients with CTEPH have been previously diagnosed with an acute pulmonary embolism, only 4% of patients diagnosed with acute PE develop CTEPH as a complication.2
Source: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation - Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Tags: Editorial Source Type: research