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ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2022

Acute on Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension: Case Series and Review of Management.

Isabelle Opitz, Miriam Patella, Olivia Lauk, Ilhan Inci, Dominique Bettex, Thomas Horisberger, Reto Schüpbach, Dagmar I Keller, Thomas Frauenfelder, Nils Kucher and 4 more

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Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Isabelle OpitzDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-5900-9040
Miriam PatellaDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland.
Olivia LaukDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland.
Ilhan InciDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-3937-7705
Dominique BettexInstitute of Anaesthesiology, University Hospital Zurich, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland.
Thomas HorisbergerInstitute of Anaesthesiology, University Hospital Zurich, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland.
Reto SchüpbachInstitute for Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Zurich, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland.
Dagmar I KellerEmergency Department, University Hospital Zurich, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland.
Thomas FrauenfelderInstitute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-3295-6619
Nils KucherClinic of Angiology, University Hospital Zurich, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland.
John GrantonDivision of Respirology, University Health Network, Toronto, ON M5G 2C4, Canada.
Thomas PfammatterInstitute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland.
Marc de PerrotDivision of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON M5G 2C4, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-2000-9427
Silvia UlrichDepartment of Pulmonology, University Hospital Zurich, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland.
University Hospital of Zurich · CHUniversity of Zurich · CHUniversity Health Network · CAUniversity of Toronto · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is a distinct form of precapillary pulmonary hypertension classified as group 4 by the World Symposium on Pulmonary Hypertension (WSPH) and should be excluded during an episode of acute pulmonary embolism (PE). Patients presenting to emergency departments with sudden onset of signs and symptoms of acute PE may already have a pre-existing CTEPH condition decompensated by the new PE episode. Identifying an underlying and undiagnosed CTEPH during acute PE, while challenging, is an important consideration as it will alter the patients' acute and long-term management. Differential diagnosis and evaluation require an interdisciplinary expert team. Analysis of the clinical condition, the CT angiogram, and the hemodynamic situation are important considerations; patients with CTEPH usually have significantly higher sPAP at the time of index PE, which is unusual and unattainable in the context of acute PE and a naïve right ventricle. The imaging may reveal signs of chronic disease such as right ventricle hypertrophy bronchial collaterals and atypical morphology of the thrombus. There is no standard for the management of acute on chronic CTEPH. Herein, we provide a diagnostic and management algorithm informed by several case descriptions and a review of the literature.

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acute pulmonary embolismchronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertensionpulmonary endarterectomy

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PMID35887991
PMCPMC9317831
OpenAlexW4286203296

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