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ArticleJHLT open2024

Computed tomography identifies sex-specific differences in surgical chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.

Marie Bambrick, Grace Grafham, Katherine Lajkosz, Laura Donahoe, Marc de Perrot, Micheal McInnis

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Marie BambrickDivision of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Imaging, University Medical Imaging Toronto, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Grace GrafhamFaculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Katherine LajkoszDepartment of Biostatistics, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Laura DonahoeDivision of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Marc de PerrotDivision of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Micheal McInnisDivision of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Imaging, University Medical Imaging Toronto, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Abstract

Background: Registry data suggest women are less likely than men to undergo pulmonary thromboendarterectomy for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension despite a similar proportion of proximal vs distal disease. We hypothesized that sex-specific differences could be elicited with a computed tomography pulmonary angiography analysis beyond proximal vs distal. Methods: Preoperative computed tomography pulmonary angiography of patients who underwent pulmonary thromboendarterectomy for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension from January 2017 to September 2021 was analyzed. The pulmonary vascular tree was divided into 32 named vessels with chronic thromboembolism presence and lesion type recorded for each vessel. If no lesion was identified in a segmental vessel, subsegmental disease was recorded when present. Results: One hundred forty-four patients (mean age 57 ± 15 years, 78 women) were included. There were no sex differences in baseline hemodynamics. Men had more vessels involved than women (mean 20.3 vs 17.1, Conclusions: Sex-specific differences in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension are demonstrated on computed tomography pulmonary angiography in overall distribution and lesion type at the segmental and subsegmental level with women having fewer and more distal lesions despite similar hemodynamics.

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chronic pulmonary embolismchronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertensioncomputed tomographypulmonary angiographypulmonary thromboendarterectomy

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PMCPMC11935516

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