The extent of enlarged bronchial arteries is not correlated with the development of reperfusion pulmonary edema after pulmonary endarterectomy in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension

Autor: Masahisa Masuda, Takayuki Jujo Sanada, Toshihiko Sugiura, Keiko Yamamoto, Nobuhiro Tanabe, Keiichi Ishida, Hiroki Shoji, Hajime Kasai, Ayako Shigeta, Asako Yanagisawa, Ayumi Sekine, Yumiko Ikubo, Jun Nagata, Ayaka Kuriyama, Koichiro Tatsumi, Rika Suda, Akira Naito, Seiichiro Sakao, Takayuki Kobayashi
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Pulmonary Circulation
Pulmonary Circulation, Vol 10 (2020)
ISSN: 2045-8940
Popis: This study investigated whether dilated bronchial arteries are associated with reperfusion pulmonary edema in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. Results showed that the extent of enlarged bronchial arteries was not associated with the development of reperfusion pulmonary edema, whereas the residual pulmonary hypertension had a significant association.
Databáze: OpenAIRE