Outcome of pulmonary endarterectomy in symptomatic chronic thromboembolic disease
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- 18 September 2014
- journal article
- research article
- Published by European Respiratory Society (ERS) in European Respiratory Journal
- Vol. 44 (6), 1635-1645
- https://doi.org/10.1183/09031936.00050114
Abstract
Chronic thromboembolic disease is characterised by persistent pulmonary thromboembolic occlusions without pulmonary hypertension. Early surgical treatment with pulmonary endarterectomy may improve symptoms and prevent disease progression. We sought to assess the outcome of pulmonary endarterectomy in symptomatic patients with chronic thromboembolic disease.Patients with symptomatic chronic thromboembolic disease and a mean pulmonary artery pressure A total of 42 patients underwent surgery and the median length of stay in hospital was 11 days. There was no in-hospital mortality but complications occurred in 40% of patients. At 1 year, following surgery, 95% of the patients remained alive. There was a significant symptomatic improvement with 95% of patients in the New York Heart Association functional classes I or II at 6 months. There was a significant improvement in quality of life assessed by the Cambridge pulmonary hypertension outcome review questionnaire.In this carefully selected cohort of chronic thromboembolic disease patients, pulmonary endarterectomy resulted in significant improvement in symptoms and quality of life. Appropriate patient selection is paramount given the known surgical morbidity and mortality, and surgery should only be performed in expert centres.Keywords
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