Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension

In recent years, we have witnessed a growing interest in diseases of pulmonary circulation. It is due to the development of specific drug therapy for pulmonary hypertension (PH), improving the availability and performance of endarterectomy techniques of pulmonary artery. This technique has been established as method of choice for patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). However, the crucial issue is early indication of treatment, right diagnosis and determination of exact type of pulmonary hypertension. Modern therapeutic approaches provide better prognosis, quality of life and even possibility to cure the patients, especially suffering from CTEPH. This article discusses the issue of CTEPH..

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2015

Erschienen:

2015

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:61

Enthalten in:

Vnitřnı lékařství - 61(2015), 3, Seite 228

Sprache:

Tschechisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Vavera, Zdeněk [VerfasserIn]

Links:

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Themen:

Hypertension, Pulmonary - diagnosis
Hypertension, Pulmonary - therapy
Pulmonary Embolism - diagnosis
Pulmonary Embolism - therapy

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

OLC1962134911