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

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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… Click to show full 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

Keywords: chronic thromboembolic; pulmonary hypertension; right ventricular; pulmonary thromboendarterectomy; thromboembolic pulmonary

Journal Title: Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Year Published: 2020

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