Farhan Raza, Anjali Vaidya, Anne-Sophie Lacharite-Roberge, Vladimir Lakhter, Hayan Al-Maluli, Irfan Ahsan, Pamela Boodram, Chandra Dass, Frances Rogers, Martin G Keane, Sheila Weaver, Riyaz Bashir, Yoshiya Toyoda, Paul Forfia
BACKGROUND: Pulmonary thromboendarterectomy (PTE) is the treatment of choice for eligible patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). However, access to CTEPH and PTE care is limited. There is a paucity of published data on PTE efficacy and outcomes from alternative, regional centers of excellence in CTEPH and PTE care in the USA, outside a single national and international referral center. METHODS: We performed a retrospective review of patients undergoing PTE at our institution from June 2013 to December 2016 (42 months), and collected clinical, echocardiographic and hemodynamic data on our patients pre- and post-PTE (N...
June 2018: Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery