title: Group 4 Pulmonary Hypertension: Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension: Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, and Treatment.
abstract: Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is a serious but treatable complication of pulmonary embolism. Proper diagnosis and referral are critical, as pulmonary thromboendarterectomy offers the possibility of a cure. For patients with CTEPH deemed inoperable, new and effective treatments have emerged to help fill this unmet need.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of California, San Diego, 9300 Campus Point Drive, MC 7381, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA. Electronic address: h33kim@ucsd.edu.
authors.forename: Nick H
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000379:methods*; D017128:Embolectomy / Q000379:methods*; D004691:Endarterectomy; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D009017:Morbidity / Q000639:trends; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D011669:Pulmonary Wedge Pressure / Q000502:physiology*
keywords: Balloon pulmonary angioplasty; Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension; Chronic thromboembolism; Pulmonary embolism; Pulmonary endarterectomy; Pulmonary thromboendarterectomy; Riociguat