Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy
Pulmonary artery endarterectomy (PEA) is established as a successful method for the treatment of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). A significant fraction of patients indicated for the pulmonary endarterectomy has other severe comorbidities that generally increase the risk of cardiac surgery.
This educational video shows very important moment, when surgeon take out the clot from subsegmental pulmonary artery branches. To show how distal the dissection can go.