title: Evaluation of patients with suspected chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.
abstract: Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) can be a difficult diagnosis to establish, typically requiring a high index of suspicion on the part of the clinician when challenged by a patient reporting exertional dyspnea. The importance of this diagnosis is heightened by the appreciation that it is a potentially curable form of pulmonary hypertension, by a surgical procedure called pulmonary thromboendarterectomy. This article highlights the clinical presentation, evaluation, and criteria for surgical candidacy of those patients suspected of having CTEPH.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of California, San Diego 92103-8381, USA.
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Auger
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Channick
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Kerr
authors.forename: P F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Fedullo
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D008168:Lung / Q000098:blood supply; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed