M. Terc̆elj

Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension – surgical treatment options and our experience

Background: Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension is an increasingly recognized cause of pulmonary hypertension. Th e prognosis of untreated patients is poor. Th e treatment of choice is the potentially curative pulmonary endarterectomy, which is feasible in more than half of the cases. Th e advances in operati...