thromboendarterectomy

The Heart Institute is the provincial centre for pulmonary thromboendarterectomy.

The technique he pioneered, called pulmonary thromboendarterectomy, made the San Diego Medical Center a destination for patients and lung specialists from around the world.

Pulmonary thromboendarterectomy (PTE) is a surgical procedure that is used for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.

He proposed the pulmonary thromboendarterectomy procedure in 1961 while on the staff of Georgetown University Hospital in Washington when there was no surgical treatment for lung clots.

In thoracic surgery, a pulmonary thromboendarterectomy, PTE, is an operation that removes organized clotted blood (thrombus) from the pulmonary arteries.

Pulmonary hypertension caused by chronic thromboembolic disease (CTEPH) may be amenable to pulmonary thromboendarterectomy of the pulmonary artery.

Chronic pulmonary embolism leading to pulmonary hypertension (known as 'chronic thromboembolic hypertension') is treated with a surgical procedure known as a pulmonary thromboendarterectomy.

More than 1,500 open-heart procedures at UOHI each year require anesthesia, including coronary artery bypass, valve replacement, heart transplant, pulmonary thromboendarterectomy, mechanical circulatory assist devices and others.

UOHI offers specialized cardiac nursing training and education in a number of areas, such as critical care, provincial programs in cardiac CT, cardiac PET, artificial hearts, and pulmonary thromboendarterectomy.