The Present and FutureJACC State-of-the-Art ReviewChronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension: Evolving Therapeutic Approaches for Operable and Inoperable Disease
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Key Words
balloon pulmonary angioplasty
BPA
chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
CTEPH
PTE
pulmonary thromboendarterectomy
Abbreviations and Acronyms
BPA
balloon pulmonary angioplasty
CBCT
cone beam computed tomography
CT
computed tomography
CTED
chronic thromboembolic disease
CTEPH
chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
LAO
left anterior oblique
mPAP
mean pulmonary artery pressure
PAH
pulmonary arterial hypertension
Pd/Pa
mean distal to proximal arterial pressure ratio
PTE
pulmonary thromboendarterectomy
PVR
pulmonary vascular resistance
RPE
reperfusion pulmonary edema
UC
University of California
V/Q
ventilation/perfusion
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Dr. Kim has been a consultant for Actelion, Bayer, and Merck; and has served on the Speakers Bureau for Bayer. Dr. Poch has been a consultant; and has served on the Speakers Bureau for Bayer. Dr. Auger has served as an advisory board member (uncompensated) for Bayer’s CTEPH Image Expert Panel; and has received research funding from Bayer for the CTEPH registry. All other authors have reported that they have no relationships relevant to the contents of this paper to disclose.
© 2018 The Authors. Published by Elsevier on behalf of the American College of Cardiology Foundation.