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Improvement in the pulmonary circulation following pulmonary thromboendarterectomy
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Chronic pulmonary thromboembolic disease is an insidious, life threatening condition that develops as a long term complication of the incomplete resolution of pulmonary embolism. Patients present with progressive breathlessness on exertion and the prognosis is poor owing to the development of pulmonary hypertension, with less than 30% five year survival. …