title: Repeat pulmonary thromboendarterectomy after recurrence of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine and Thoracic Surgery of the Portuguese Beneficent Hospital of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. wjgomes.dcir@epm.br
authors.forename: Walter José
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Gomes
authors.forename: Carlos Jogi
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Imaeda
authors.forename: João Alessio
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Perfeito
authors.forename: Petrúcio Abrantes
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Sarmento
authors.forename: Rodrigo Caetano
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Souza
authors.forename: Vicente
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Forte
mesh_terms: 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*