Tags Archives: pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA)

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Fluid management of cardiopulmonary bypass during pulmonary endarterectomy for CTEPH patients impacts perioperative outcome

Abstract Background Pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA) using deep hypothermic circulatory arrest (DHCA) and cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) is the preferred treatment for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). Crystalloid priming solutions cause hemodilution..

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Central venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a bridge to recovery after pulmonary endarterectomy in patients with decompensated right heart failure

Abstract Introduction: Patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) and decompensated right heart failure (DRHF) have worse outcomes after pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA). We reviewed the role of central veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane..

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MPA and RPA pulmonary endarterectomy

Patient with Chronic Thromboembolic Hypertension and acute on chronic embolism with dyspnea and hypotension and pulmonary trunc engorgement undergone bicaval cannulation and MPA and RPA pulmonary endarterectomy with PCA and..

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Neuroprotective effects of dynamic bubble trap use in patients undergoing pulmonary endarterectomy: a two-arm randomized controlled trial

Abstract Background: During cardiosurgical procedures that use extracorporeal circulation (ECC), a variety of neurological complications can occur, and postoperative cognitive deficits remain an unsolved problem. Among the sources of these complications..

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Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension, Pregnancy, and a Pulmonary Endarterectomy: A Rare Challenge

Abstract It is well described that patients with group 1 forms of pulmonary arterial hypertension have a high risk of mortality during pregnancy and in the early postpartum period. However,..

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