Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension – surgical treatment options and our experience
Background: Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension is an increasingly recognized cause of pulmonary hypertension. Th e prognosis of untreated patients is poor. Th e treatment of choice is the potentially curative pulmonary endarterectomy, which is feasible in more than half of the cases. Th e...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Slovenian Medical Association
2009-12-01
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Series: | Zdravniški Vestnik |
Online Access: | http://vestnik.szd.si/index.php/ZdravVest/article/view/412 |