Does pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA) improve long-term survival in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH)?
This first multicenter prospective registry of CTEPH in China shows survival rates comparable to international cohorts and confirms pulmonary endarterectomy as an independent predictor of survival.
This is the first multicentre prospective registry reporting baseline characteristics and estimated survival of patients with CTEPH in China. The long-term survival rates are similar to those of patients in the international and Spanish registries. PEA is an independent predictor of survival.
Deng et al. (Sun,) studied this question.