Pulmonary endarterectomy outputs in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.

Background And Objective: Pulmonary thromboendarterectomy surgery is the treatment of choice for patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension; extremely high pulmonary vascular resistance constitutes a risk factor for hospital mortality. The objective of this study was to analyze the immediate and long-term results of the surgical treatment of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension in patients with very severe pulmonary hypertension.

Material And Methods: Since February 1996, we performed 160 pulmonary thromboendarterectomies.