Decision-making in pulmonary endarterectomy surgery. Issue 1 (10th January 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Condliffe, Robin; Quadery, Syed Rehan; Jenkins, David P.; Armstrong, Iain J.; Kiely, David G.
• Is Part Of: European respiratory journal. Volume 53:Issue 1(2019)
• Publication Date: 2019-01-10
• Subjects: Respiratory organs -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Respiration -- Periodicals; 616.2
• DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01973-2018
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0903-1936

Abstract

We would like to thank N.H. Kim and E. Mayer for their editorial based on our recent paper "The impact of patient choice on survival in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension" [1, 2]. We agree with many of their comments pertaining to the importance of referring patients diagnosed with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) for assessment by a pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA) programme. We would, however, like to correct certain factual errors in their editorial which we feel create an incorrect picture of our practice at a large tertiary pulmonary hypertension referral centre. Clarification of certain issues related to the UK pulmonary endarterectomy referral pathway, emphasising the importance of referral of all patients with CTEPH to a surgical team http://ow.ly/Db6I30mwbVP