A Framework for Diagnosing and Treating CTEPH
Program Goals
Pulmonary Embolism and CTEPH
CTEPH Mortality
CTEPH Risk Factors
Autopsy Findings
Case Presentation
Case Presentation (cont)
Case Presentation (cont)
Case Presentation (cont)
Case Presentation (cont)
Echocardiographic Findings
The Patient’s Echocardiogram
Ventilation-Perfusion Scan
Differential Diagnosis of Major Vessel Pulmonary Vascular Disease
Differential Diagnosis (cont)
CT Angiography: CTEPH
CT Angiogram: CTEPH (cont)
CT Angiogram of the Pulmonary Arteries: CTEPH
CT Angiogram (cont)
Right Pulmonary Artery Angiogram
Left Pulmonary Artery Angiogram
Right-Heart Catheterization Data
Right-Heart Catheterization Data (cont)
Main Principles of Surgery for CTEPH
Main Principles of Surgery for CTEPH (cont)
Thromboendarterectomy Specimen
Factors That Affect Decisions About Operability
How Do We Treat Inoperable CTEPH or Persistent PH After Pulmonary Endarterectomy?
Treating Inoperable CTEPH or Persistent PH After Pulmonary
Endarterectomy (cont)
Targets for Current Therapies in PAH
Bosentan in CTEPH (BENEFIT)
Riociguat for the Treatment of CTEPH (CHEST-1)
Methods
Riociguat for CTEPH Secondary Endpoints
Riociguat for CTEPHSecondary Endpoints (cont)
Summary
Abbreviations
Abbreviations (cont)
References
References (cont)
References (cont)
