Chronic Pulmonary Embolism: Diagnosis

Overview

Journal Cardiovasc Diagn Ther

Publisher AME Publishing Company

Specialty Cardiology & Vascular Diseases

Date 2018 Jul 31

PMID 30057874

Citations 9

Authors

Katia Hidemi Nishiyama

Sachin S Saboo

Yuki Tanabe

Dany Jasinowodolinski

Michael J Landay

Fernando Uliana Kay

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Abstract

Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is a complication of venous thromboembolic disease. Differently from other causes of pulmonary hypertension, CTEPH is potentially curable with surgery (thromboendarterectomy) or balloon pulmonary angioplasty. Imaging plays a central role in CTEPH diagnosis. The combination of techniques such as lung scintigraphy, computed tomography and magnetic resonance angiography provides non-invasive anatomic and functional information. Conventional pulmonary angiography (CPA) with right heart catheterization (RHC) is considered the gold standard method for diagnosing CTEPH. In this review, we discuss the utility of these imaging techniques in the diagnosis of CTEPH.

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