ReviewThe European respiratory journal2016
Quality of life in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.
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- Catheter-directed therapies for the treatment of high risk (massive) and intermediate risk (submassive) acute pulmonary embolism.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022Pooled it
- Safety of exercise after pulmonary endarterectomy: a systematic review.ERJ open research · 2026Article
- Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: insights from the 100 most cited papers: a bibliometric perspective.Journal of thoracic disease · 2026Article
- Patterns of right ventricular reverse remodeling and hemodynamic drivers in serial balloon pulmonary angioplasty.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- The Pulmonary Hypertension Global Patient Survey: Physical and Psychosocial Impacts on Health-Related Quality of Life.Pulmonary circulation · 2026Article
- Clinical validation of a machine-learned, point-of-care system to IDENTIFY pulmonary hypertension.ERJ open research · 2025Article
- Diagnostic Delays and Quality of Life in Japanese Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension: A Nationwide Survey.Pulmonary therapy · 2025Article
- Similar quality of life after balloon pulmonary angioplasty or pulmonary endarterectomy for CTEPH.JHLT open · 2025Article
- Relevance of patient-centered actigraphy measures in pulmonary arterial hypertension and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: a qualitative interview study.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2024Article
- A systematic review of the impact of pulmonary thromboendarterectomy on health-related quality of life.Pulmonary circulation · 2024Article
- Insufficiency of quality of life as the treatment endpoint for balloon pulmonary angioplasty in inoperable chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.Journal of translational internal medicine · 2024Article
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- Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension is associated with a loss of total lung volume on computed tomography.World journal of radiology · 2023Article
- Patient perspectives on pulmonary hypertension in the United States: Burdens, expectations, and goals.Pulmonary circulation · 2023Review
- Societal costs associated to chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: A study utilizing linked national registries.Pulmonary circulation · 2023Article
- Quality of life and functional status after pulmonary endarterectomy for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: A Swedish single-center study.Pulmonary circulation · 2023Article
- Predictors of Improvement in Exercise Tolerance After Balloon Pulmonary Angioplasty for Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2023Article
- Patients' priorities around drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment: A multi-national qualitative study from Mongolia, South Africa and Georgia.Global public health · 2023Article
- Long-Term Management of Pulmonary Embolism: A Review of Consequences, Treatment, and Rehabilitation.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Review
- EmPHasis-10 Health-Related Quality of Life and Exercise Capacity in Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension After Balloon Angioplasty.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2022Article
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Abstract
Patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) experience debilitating symptoms that have a negative impact on their quality of life (QoL) in terms of physical capability, psychological wellbeing and social relationships. The use of QoL measurement tools is important in the assessment of treatment efficacy and in guiding treatment decisions. However, despite the importance of QoL, particularly to the patient, it remains under-reported in clinical studies of CTEPH therapy. CTEPH is unique in pulmonary hypertension in that it is potentially curable by surgery; however, a proportion of patients either have residual PH following surgery or are not operable. Although some patients with CTEPH have been treated off-label with pulmonary arterial hypertension-specific therapies, there have been few randomised controlled trials of these therapies in patients with CTEPH. Moreover, in these trials QoL outcomes are variably assessed, and there is little consistency in the tools used. Here we review the assessment of QoL in patients with CTEPH and the tools that have been used. We also discuss the effect of surgical intervention and medical therapies on QoL. We conclude that further studies of QoL in patients with CTEPH are needed to further validate the optimal QoL tools.
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