ONE-YEAR CHANGES IN RIGHT VENTRICULAR STRAIN FOLLOWING PULMONARY THROMBOENDARTERECTOMY IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC THROMBOEMBOLIC PULMONARY HYPERTENSION

Authors :: Ashwin Shaan Madhan
Benjamin H. Freed
James D. Thomas
Olga N. Kislitsina
Michael J. Cuttica
Stuart Rich
Andrew C. Peters
S. Chris Malaisrie
Daniel Schimmel
Source :: Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 75:2102
Publication Year :: 2020
Publisher :: Elsevier BV, 2020.
Abstract: Pulmonary thromboendarterectomy (PTE) is a curative procedure for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). There is little evidence on whether right ventricular (RV) longitudinal strain (e) improves after PTE. Twenty-three of 28 consecutive patients with CTEPH consented to this study

Subjects :: medicine.medical_specialty
Pulmonary thromboendarterectomy
Longitudinal strain
business.industry
medicine.medical_treatment
Curative procedure
Strain (injury)
medicine.disease
Internal medicine
Cardiology
Medicine
Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
In patient
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business

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