Pulmonary endarterectomy achieves excellent results for patients with segmental CTEPH

(American Association for Thoracic Surgery) A new study, presented today at the AATS 101st Annual Meeting, found that patients treated surgically for segmental Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) had excellent outcomes with the vast majority doing very well in the long term without any additional treatment other than surgery.