Pulmonary microvascular remodeling in chronic thrombo-embolic pulmonary hypertension

Incidence of chronic thrombo-embolic pulmonary hypertension following acute pulmonary thrombo-embolism: an Indian perspective.

Chronic thrombo-embolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) remains a severe disabling disease causing a significant amount of mortality and morbidity worldwide. The incidence and severity of this condition is quite obscure. The initial inciting event, the reason of progression, the natural history of the disease and the predictors of adverse outcomes are not yet adequately clarified. From the India...

Successful thrombo-embolectomy in long-standing thrombo-embolic pulmonary hypertension.

Predictors of infection after pulmonary endarterectomy for chronic thrombo-embolic pulmonary hypertension.

OBJECTIVE Pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA) is an effective and potentially curative treatment for chronic thrombo-embolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). The postoperative course after PEA is accompanied by a number of complications, which contribute to the high rate of early postoperative mortality. Markers allowing the early detection of infectious complication during the postoperative period m...

Pulmonary endarterectomy for chronic thrombo-embolic pulmonary hypertension: an institutional experience.

OBJECTIVE Pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA) is the treatment of choice for patients with chronic thrombo-embolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). The aim of this study was to review our initial experience since the implementation of our program. METHODS Data were collected prospectively on all patients who underwent PEA between March 2011 and March 2012. RESULTS Forty-nine patients (20 male, 29...

Thrombo-embolic primary pulmonary arteriosclerosis.

That diverse factors are concerned in causing arterial pathological changes largely confined to lungs is clear from a review published by McKeown (1952). Only one of these factors, incorporation of fibrin into arterial intima, is here considered as a cause of pulmonary arteriosclerosis and cor pulmonale. Goedel (1930), Belt (1939), and according to Duguid (1946) Rokitansky were all aware that i...