Boston, MA (April 30, 2021) - A new study, presented today at the AATS 101st Annual Meeting, found that patients treated surgically for segmental Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension ...

Of 1,324 patients with CTEPH who underwent pulmonary endarterectomy, 1,053 (80%) had a recorded CAMPHOR score before the operation, 934 (71%) had a score recorded within a year of the operation ...

A working group was formed to address key questions related to the utility of imaging for the recognition, work-up, treatment, and follow-up of patients with pulmonary hypertension.

Over time, the survival rate of PTE has significantly improved. For example, the procedure first became available in the UK in 1997, and a 2022 study examined the survival rates across the 2,116 ...

Balloon pulmonary angioplasty may be a viable option for patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension who were ineligible for pulmonary endarterectomy, according to results from a ...

Inclusion criteria included a 6-min walk distance of 150–450 m, mean pulmonary artery pressure of ≥25 mmHg, and pulmonary vascular resistance >300 dyn·sec/cm 5.

During pulmonary endarterectomy, thromboembolic material is removed from the pulmonary artery tree after median sternotomy and during deep hypothermic circulatory arrest 170 (Fig. 5).

Previously some surgeons routinely performed endarterectomy of the external carotid artery during carotid surgery. However lack of data to support the necessity of that prompted vascular surgeons ...

Saddle pulmonary embolism is where a large blood clot sits on top of, or "saddles", the main pulmonary artery at the point where the artery divides and branches into the left and right lung. Learn ...

Pulmonary-artery catheterization aids the diagnosis and management of numerous cardiovascular illnesses, including pulmonary hypertension, cardiogenic shock, mixed shock states, cardiac tamponade ...

Most endarterectomy procedures aim to restore blood flow to the femoral artery, which is in the top of your thigh. PAD is the most common condition that affects this artery. It’s a major blood ...