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1. Case 10: Chronic Thrombus and Metastatic Cancer—An Unexpected CTEPH Mimic

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Alison S. Witkin and William R. Auger

Subjects
Pathology, medicine.medical_specialty, business.industry, cardiovascular system, medicine, Cancer, Basal cell, Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension, Pulmonary vessels, Thrombus, medicine.disease, business, Organized thrombus
Abstract

A case of apparent chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension that surprisingly exhibited metastatic squamous cell carcinoma embedded in the organized thrombus endarterectomized from the proximal pulmonary vessels.

Published
2019
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2. Pulmonary Vascular Disease: Specific Evaluation and Timing for Listing Eligible Patients to Receive Lung Transplantation and Management of the Pre-lung Transplant Patient

Author

Richard N. Channick and Alison S. Witkin

Subjects
Heart transplantation, medicine.medical_specialty, Lung, Vascular disease, business.industry, medicine.medical_treatment, Pulmonary capillary hemangiomatosis, respiratory system, medicine.disease, Pulmonary hypertension, surgical procedures, operative, medicine.anatomical_structure, Internal medicine, medicine, Cardiology, Lung transplantation, Transplant patient, Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease, business
Abstract

Pulmonary arterial hypertension is characterized by progressive vasculopathy in the pulmonary arterial bed leading to right ventricular dysfunction and failure. Despite significant advances in medical therapy over the last several decades, lung transplantation remains a necessary treatment option for patients with severe and refractory disease. This chapter discusses the role of lung transplantation in the management of pulmonary hypertension as well as transplant-specific considerations, including the use of single versus dual lung transplant and the diminishing role of combined heart and lung transplantation.

Published
2018
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