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Establishing the diagnosis and operability of chronic thromboembolic disease in patients with pulmonary hypertension are the critical first steps in determining surgical candidacy for thromboendarterectomy. However, whether or not a CTEPH patient is ultimately a surgical candidate requires a complete overview of comorbidities, a realistic prediction that a PTE will result in a clinical benefit, and patient acceptance. This case presentation explores the decision-making challenges often faced during an evaluation of patients with chronic thromboembolic disease and multiple comorbidities.
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Auger W, Kerr K, Kim N, Fedullo P. Evaluation of patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension for pulmonary thromboendarterectomy. Pulm Circ. 2012;2(2):155–62.
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Bartolome, S., Gopalan, D., Auger, W.R. (2020). Case 5: Operable CTEPH …but Is PTE the Best Option?. In: Auger, W., Gopalan, D. (eds) Clinical Cases in Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension. Clinical Cases in Cardiology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17366-1_5
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