Key result
Pulmonary endarterectomy provides a curative option for CTEPH but requires multidisciplinary perioperative management.
Pulmonary endarterectomy is recognized as the only curative option for a subgroup of patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension, requiring multidisciplinary perioperative management.
May support pulmonary endarterectomy referral in eligible patients; leaves open optimal multidisciplinary team protocols.
Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension is a condition that is recognised in an increased percentage of patients. Pulmonary endarterectomy is recognised as being the only curative option for a subgroup of those patients, but anaesthesiologists and intensivists face many challenges in how they manage these patients perioperatively. Ultimately, it is the combination of skills in a multidisciplinary team that leads to a successful procedure and dramatically improves patient's quality of life and life expectancy.
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Valchanov et al. (2006) conducted a review in Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. Pulmonary endarterectomy was evaluated. Pulmonary endarterectomy is a curative option for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension that requires a multidisciplinary team for successful perioperative management.
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