Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: early recognition leads to optimal therapy and drastically decreases mortality!

Patrick M Honore; Ibrahim Bousbiat; Emily Perriens; Sydney Blackman; Ovidiu Vornicu; Isabelle Michaux; Anne-Sophie Dincq; Patrick Evrard; Pierre Bulpa

doi:10.21037/atm-23-1288

Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: early recognition leads to optimal therapy and drastically decreases mortality!

Ann Transl Med. 2023 Aug 30;11(10):340. doi: 10.21037/atm-23-1288. Epub 2023 Jun 21.

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¹ ICU, CHU UCL Godinne Namur, UCL Louvain Medical School, Yvoir, Belgium.
² ULB University Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Brugmann, Brussels, Belgium.
³ ICU and Anesthesiology Depts., CHU UCL Godinne Namur, UCL Louvain Medical School, Yvoir, Belgium.

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Keywords: Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH); balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA); medical treatment; multimodal approach; pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA).

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