TY - JOUR
T1 - Surgical treatments/interventions for pulmonary arterial hypertension
T2 - ACCP evidence-based clinical practice guidelines
AU - Doyle, Ramona L.
AU - McCrory, Douglas
AU - Channick, Richard N.
AU - Simonneau, Gerald
AU - Conte, John
PY - 2004/1/1
Y1 - 2004/1/1
N2 - While considerable advances have been achieved in the medical treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) over the past decade, surgical and interventional approaches continue to have important roles in those patients for whom medical therapy is unavailable or has been unsuccessful. These techniques include pulmonary thromboendarterectomy for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension, thoracic transplantation, and atrial septostomy. This chapter will provide evidence-based recommendations for the selection and timing of surgical and interventional treatments of PAH for physicians involved in the care of these complex patients.
AB - While considerable advances have been achieved in the medical treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) over the past decade, surgical and interventional approaches continue to have important roles in those patients for whom medical therapy is unavailable or has been unsuccessful. These techniques include pulmonary thromboendarterectomy for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension, thoracic transplantation, and atrial septostomy. This chapter will provide evidence-based recommendations for the selection and timing of surgical and interventional treatments of PAH for physicians involved in the care of these complex patients.
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U2 - 10.1378/chest.126.1_suppl.63S
DO - 10.1378/chest.126.1_suppl.63S
M3 - Article
C2 - 15249495
AN - SCOPUS:3142724657
VL - 126
SP - 63S-71S
JO - Diseases of the chest
JF - Diseases of the chest
SN - 0012-3692
IS - 1 SUPPL.
ER -