title: Pulmonary endarterectomy for pulmonary hypertension from septic emboli.
abstract: Pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA) can significantly increase long-term survival in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension; however, the role of PEA for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension due to pulmonary valve endocarditis is controversial. A critically ill 61-year-old man with intractable right ventricular heart failure was found to have chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension due to Streptococcus bovis pulmonary valve endocarditis and underwent successful pulmonary valve replacement and PEA. The successful outcome in this case suggests that PEA should be considered in patients with this condition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama.
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Crosland
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama.
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama.
authors.forename: Julian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Booker
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama.
authors.forename: Keith
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wille
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama.
authors.forename: Satinder
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Winokur
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Transplantation, The Alfred Hospital and Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Electronic address: d.mcgiffin@alfred.org.au.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: McGiffin
mesh_terms: D004691:Endarterectomy; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000150:complications*; D016985:Streptococcus bovis