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Greg Calligaro Definition and classification of pulmonary hypertension

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Treatment: surgery• If successful, PEA improves:- haemodynamics (meanreduction in PVR 65%)- WHO functional classimproves by 2 classes- exercise capacity (6MWD,CPET)BEFOREAFTER• Peri-operative mortality is about10%Corsico AG et al, Long term outcome after PEA. ARJCCM, 2008Matsuda H et al, Long term recovery <strong>of</strong> exercise capacity after PEA for CTEPH. Circulation, 2009.

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