How Would I Treat My Own Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension in the Perioperative Period?

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Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) results from an incomplete resolution of acute pulmonary embolism, leading to occlusive organized thrombi, vascular remodeling, and associated microvasculopathy with pulmonary hypertension (PH). A definitive CTEPH diagnosis requires PH confirmation by right-heart catheterization and evidence of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary disease on imaging studies. Surgical removal of the organized fibrotic material by pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA) under deep hypothermic circulatory arrest represents the treatment of choice. One-third of patients with CTEPH are not deemed suitable for surgical treatment, and medical therapy or interventional balloon pulmonary angioplasty presents alternative treatment options. Pulmonary endarterectomy in patients with technically operable disease significantly improves symptoms, functional capacity, hemodynamics, and quality of life. Perioperative mortality is <2.5% in expert centers where a CTEPH multidisciplinary team optimizes patient selection and ensures the best preoperative optimization according to individualized risk assessment. Despite adequate pulmonary artery clearance, patients might be prone to perioperative complications, such as right ventricular maladaptation, airway bleeding, or pulmonary reperfusion injury. These complications can be treated conventionally, but extracorporeal membrane oxygenation has been included in their management recently. Patients with residual PH post-PEA should be considered for medical or percutaneous interventional therapy.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:38

Enthalten in:

Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia - 38(2024), 4 vom: 15. März, Seite 884-894

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Loosen, Gregor [VerfasserIn]
Taboada, Dolores [VerfasserIn]
Ortmann, Erik [VerfasserIn]
Martinez, Guillermo [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

CTEPH
Journal Article
Pulmonary hypertension
RV failure
Reperfusion injury
VV ECMO

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Date Completed 19.03.2024

Date Revised 19.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1053/j.jvca.2023.07.014

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM362139814