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

Pulmonary valve replacement with a mechanical prosthesis. Promising results of 28 procedures in patients with congenital heart disease.

OBJECTIVE Pulmonary valve replacement is performed increasingly late after correction of Tetralogy of Fallot. Most reports deal with pulmonary allografts as the valvar substitute of choice, although late deterioration and reoperation(s) are the rule. Mechanical valves are scarcely reported and if so only because of complications. Although life-long anticoagulation therapy is indicated for mecha...

Optical coherence tomography improves the results of balloon pulmonary angioplasty in inoperable chronic thrombo-embolic pulmonary hypertension

Corresponding author: Aleksander Araszkiewicz MD, Department of Cardiology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 1/2 Długa St, 61-848 Poznan, Poland, phone: +48 608 574 375, fax: +48 618 549 094, e-mail: [email protected] Received: 23.12.2016, accepted: 12.02.2017. Optical coherence tomography improves the results of balloon pulmonary angioplasty in inoperable chronic thrombo-embolic p...

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...

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...