Course: Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
CME Credits: 1.00
Released: 2024-02-26
Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is a form of pulmonary hypertension caused by the presence of unresolved organized thromboemboli. Patients with CTEPH have pulmonary hypertension (mean pulmonary artery pressure >20 mm Hg at rest, pulmonary capillary wedge pressure -15, and pulmonary vascular resistance >2 wood units on right heart catheterization),1 obstructing fibrotic-like lesions in large pulmonary arteries, and a secondary pericapillary microvasculopathy similar to the pathology of idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension. On physical examination, patients with CTEPH may have elevated jugular venous pressure, accentuated P2 component of heart sound, systolic murmur radiating to the base of the heart, and lower extremity edema.
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