Left upper lobe trisegmentectomy after pulmonary endarterectomy

Ann Thorac Surg. 2021 Mar 1:S0003-4975(21)00341-6. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.02.022. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTMajor pulmonary resection has been successfully performed after pulmonary endarterectomy for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension in few cases. A pulmonary nodule was detected on a 68- year-old man with diagnosis of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. After pulmonary hypertension was resolved with pulmonary endarterectomy, left upper lobe trisegmentectomy was performed for small lung cancer. Dissection of the pulmonary artery was carefully performed with a possibility of fragile state on arterial wall due to previous pulmonary endarterectomy. Pathologically, the arterial media with an uneven thickness was exposed to the vascular lumen in the resected pulmonary artery.PMID:33662316 | DOI:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.02.022

Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - March 4, 2021 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Hideki Tsubouchi Masaki Goto Sachie Terazawa Shiro Adachi Yuka Suzuki Akihiko Usui Takahisa Kondo Toyofumi F Chen-Yoshikawa Source Type: research