Key result
Thromboendarterectomy successfully treated symptomatic pulmonary hypertension secondary to chronic pulmonary embolism in two patients with protein C deficiency.
Why the study?
Does thromboendarterectomy successfully treat symptomatic pulmonary hypertension secondary to chronic pulmonary embolism in patients with protein C deficiency?
Does thromboendarterectomy successfully treat symptomatic pulmonary hypertension secondary to chronic pulmonary embolism in patients with protein C deficiency?
Thromboendarterectomy can be a successful treatment for symptomatic pulmonary hypertension secondary to chronic pulmonary embolism in patients with protein C deficiency.
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May warrant individualized consideration in protein C deficiency; leaves open need for prospective data before broader adoption.
Two patients with protein C deficiency developed symptomatic pulmonary hypertension secondary to chronic pulmonary embolism. They were successfully treated by thromboendarterectomy.
Briffa et al. (1991) studied this question. Thromboendarterectomy successfully treated symptomatic pulmonary hypertension secondary to chronic pulmonary embolism in two patients with protein C deficiency.
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