Repeat pulmonary thromboendarterectomy after recurrence of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.
Pulmonary thromboendarterectomy has been established as the standard method for the treatment of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension, with excellent results. However, repeat pulmonary thromboendarterectomy due to recurrence of pulmonary embolism has never been reported in the Brazilian literature. Its safety and effectiveness remain obscure. We report the case of a patient presenting recurrence of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension five years after the first pulmonary thromboendarterectomy and requiring a second operation for resolution of the symptoms.
Gomes
Walter José
WJ
Department of Respiratory Medicine and Thoracic Surgery of the Portuguese Beneficent Hospital of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. wjgomes.dcir@epm.br
Imaeda
Carlos Jogi
CJ
Perfeito
João Alessio
JA
Sarmento
Petrúcio Abrantes
PA
Souza
Rodrigo Caetano
RC
Forte
Vicente
V
D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004691:Endarterectomy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000601:surgery*; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000601:surgery*; D012008:Recurrence; D012086:Reoperation; D013923:Thromboembolism / Q000601:surgery*