title: Fractured mobile flap in pulmonary artery: One of possible mechanisms for residual or recurrent pulmonary hypertension after pulmonary endarterectomy.
authors: Department of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors: Takahide
authors: T
authors: Arai
authors: Department of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. Electronic address: kawakami.1650@gmail.com.
authors: Takashi
authors: T
authors: Kawakami
authors: Department of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors: Masaharu
authors: M
authors: Kataoka
authors: Department of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors: Shinsuke
authors: S
authors: Yuasa
authors: Department of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors: Yuichiro
authors: Y
authors: Maekawa
authors: Department of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors: Keiichi
authors: K
authors: Fukuda
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004691:Endarterectomy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D012008:Recurrence; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional
keywords: Balloon pulmonary angioplasty; Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension; Mobile flap; Pulmonary endarterectomy; Residual pulmonary hypertension