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  • Title: Surgical and interventional therapies for pulmonary arterial hypertension.
    Author: Olsson JK, Zamanian RT, Feinstein JA, Doyle RL.
    Journal: Semin Respir Crit Care Med; 2005 Aug; 26(4):417-28. PubMed ID: 16121319.
    Abstract:
    Surgical and interventional therapies for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in appropriately selected patients have the potential to dramatically improve or, in some cases, cure PAH. These include atrial septostomy, a palliative procedure or bridge to transplantation in patients with refractory right heart failure, pulmonary thromboendarterectomy for pulmonary hypertension associated with chronic thromboembolic disease, and closure of congenital systemic-pulmonary shunts in patients with PAH but without significant pulmonary vascular disease. Lung transplantation should be considered for patients with all forms of PAH who demonstrate advanced or progressive disease.
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