Caio Julio Cesar Dos Santos Fernandes, Jaquelina Sonoe Ota-Arakaki, Frederico Thadeu Assis Figueiredo Campos, Ricardo de Amorim Correa, Marcelo Basso Gazzana, Carlos Vianna Poyares Jardim, Fábio Biscegli Jatene, Jose Leonidas Alves Junior, Roberta Pulcheri Ramos, Daniela Tannus, Carlos Teles, Mario Terra Filho, Daniel Waetge, Rogerio Souza
Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is a serious and debilitating disease caused by occlusion of the pulmonary arterial bed by hematic emboli and by the resulting fibrous material. Such occlusion increases vascular resistance and, consequently, the pressure in the region of the pulmonary artery, which is the definition of pulmonary hypertension. The increased load imposed on the right ventricle leads to its progressive dysfunction and, finally, to death. However, CTEPH has a highly significant feature that distinguishes it from other forms of pulmonary hypertension: the fact that it can be cured through treatment with pulmonary thromboendarterectomy...
2022: Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia: Publicaça̋o Oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia