Age should not be a barrier for pulmonary endarterectomy in carefully selected patients

Eur Respir J. 2017 Dec 7;50(6):1701804. doi: 10.1183/13993003.01804-2017. Print 2017 Dec.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Pulmonary Vascular Diseases Unit, Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK.
² Dept of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
³ Dept of Cardiac Surgery, Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK.
⁴ Pulmonary Vascular Diseases Unit, Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK [email protected].

PMID: 29217606
DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01804-2017

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Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Age Factors*
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Chronic Disease
Endarterectomy*
Female
Humans
Hypertension, Pulmonary / etiology
Hypertension, Pulmonary / surgery*
Male
Middle Aged
Patient Selection*
Pulmonary Artery / surgery
Thromboembolism / complications
Thromboembolism / surgery*
Treatment Outcome