Pulmoner Tromboendarterektomi Tüm Dünyada Giderek Yaygınlaşmaktadır; Derleme
Year 2016,
Volume: 19 Issue: 3, 184 - 190, 01.12.2016
Mehmet Yanartaş
Rezzan Deniz Acar
,
Bedrettin Yıldızeli
Abstract
Pulmoner
tromboendarterektomi (PTE) kronik tromboembolik pulmoner hipertansiyonda
hemodinamik ve fonksiyonel iyileşmeyi sağlayan karmaşık bir cerrahi işlemdir.
PTE işlemi uygulaması tüm dünyada giderek yaygınlaşmakta ve cerrahi deneyim
arttıkça ölüm oranları her geçen gün giderek azalmaktadır. Başlangıçta %4 -24
gibi yüksek değerlerde olan cerrahi ölüm oranları tüm dünyada önemli oranda
düşmüştür. PTE pulmoner arterleri
tıkayan ve erimemiş olan trombotik tıkacı çıkarmayı amaçlayan cerrahi bir
tekniktir. Kronik tromboemboliye bağlı pulmoner hipertansiyon olgularında PTE işlemi sonrası pulmoner arter basıncı ve
pulmoner vasküler dirençte önemli ve sürekli değişiklikler gözlenmektedir. Son
günlerde, daha önceden cerrahi işlem için uygun olmadığı düşünülen bazı
olgulara bile artık PTE önerilmektedir.
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The Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy Increases Gradually All Over the World; Review
Year 2016,
Volume: 19 Issue: 3, 184 - 190, 01.12.2016
Mehmet Yanartaş
Rezzan Deniz Acar
,
Bedrettin Yıldızeli
Abstract
Pulmonary
endarterectomy (PTE) is a complex surgical procedure that provides functional
and haemodynamic improvement in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary
hypertension. The use of PTE procedures is increasing all over the world and by
getting a high level of surgical expertise; therefore, mortality rates are
gradually decreasing day by day. Initially, operative mortality rates were high
with a range of approximately 4%-24%. These rates have substantially decreased
all over the world. PTE is a surgical technique that aims to remove unresolved
thromboembolic material that obstructs the pulmonary arteries. Significant and
persistent decreases in pulmonary artery pressures and pulmonary vascular
resistance are observed in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
after the surgery. Nowadays, this operation is offered to those patients who
were considered to be inoperable in the past.
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- 28. Bresser P, Pepke-Zaba J, Jaïs X, Humbert M, Hoeper MM. Medical therapies for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: an evolving treatment paradigm. Proc Am Thorac Soc 2006;3:594-600.
- 29. Jaïs X, D’Armini AM, Jansa P, Torbicki A, Delcroix M, Ghofrani H. Bosentan for treatment of inoperable chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: BENEFit (Bosentan Effects in iNopErable Forms of chronic Thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension), a
randomized, placebo-controlled trial. J Am Coll Cardiol 2008;52:2127-34.
- 30. Ghofrani HA, D’Armini AM, Grimminger F, Hoeper MM, Jansa P, Kim NH, et al; CHEST-1 Study Group. Riociguat for the treatment of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension 2013;369:319-29. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1209657.
- 31. Ando M, Okita Y, Tagusari O, Kitamura S, Nakanishi N, Kyotani S. Surgical treatment for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension under profound hypothermia and circulatory arrest in 24 patients. Card Surg 1999;14:377-85.
- 32. D’Armini AM, Zanotti G, Viganò M. Pulmonary endarterectomy: the treatment of choice for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. Ital Heart J 2005;6:861-8.
- 33. Hagl C, Khaladj N, Peters T, Hoeper MM, Logemann F, Haverich A, et al. Technical advances of pulmonary thromboendarterectomy for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003;23:776-81.
- 34. Mellemkjaer S, Ilkjaer LB, Klaaborg KE, Christiansen CL, Severinsen IK, Nielsen-Kudsk JE, et al. Pulmonary endarterectomy for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. Ten years experience in Denmark. Scand Cardiovasc J 2006;40:49-53.
- 35. Menzel T, Wagner S, Kramm T, Mohr-Kahaly S, Mayer E, Braeuninger S, et al. Pathophysiology of impaired right and left ventricular function in chronic embolic pulmonary hypertension: changes after pulmonary thromboendarterectomy. Chest 2000;118:897-903.
- 36. Masuda M, Nakajima N. Our experience of surgical treatment for chronic pulmonary thromboembolism. Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001;7:261-5.
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- 40. Thomson B, Tsui SS, Dunning J, Goodwin A, Vuylsteke A, Latimer R, et al. Pulmonary endarterectomy is possible and effective without the use of complete circulatory arrest--the UK experience in over 150 patients. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:157-63.
- 41. Corsico AG, D’Armini AM, Cerveri I, Klersy C, Ansaldo E, Niniano R, et al. Long-term outcome after pulmonary endarterectomy. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2008;178:419-24. doi: 10.1164/rccm.200801-101OC.
- 42. Narayana Iyengar RM, Hegde D, Chattuparambil B, Gupta R, Patil L. Postoperative management of pulmonary endarterectomy and outcome. Ann Card Anaesth 2010;13:22-7. doi: 10.4103/0971-9784.58830.
- 43. Blázquez JA, Escribano P, Pérez E, López MJ, Gómez MA, Cortina JM. Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: surgical treatment with thromboendarterectomy. Arch Bronconeumol 2009;45:496-501. doi: 10.1016/j.arbres.2009.05.014.
- 44. Saouti N, Morshuis WJ, Heijmen RH, Snijder RJ. Long-term outcome after pulmonary endarterectomy for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: a single institution experience. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:947-52. doi: 10.1016/j.ejcts. 2009.01.023.
- 45. Gu S, Liu Y, Su PX, Zhai ZG, Yang YH, Wang C. Pulmonary endarterectomy for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: preliminary exploration in China. Chin Med J (Engl) 2010;123:979-83.
- 46. Freed DH, Thomson BM, Berman M, Tsui SS, Dunning J, Sheares KK, et al. Survival after pulmonary thromboendarterectomy: effect of residual pulmonary hypertension. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2011;141:383-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.12.056.
- 47. Kunihara T, Gerdts J, Groesdonk H, Sata F, Langer F, Tscholl D, et al. Predictors of postoperative outcome after pulmonary endarterectomy from a 14-year experience with 279 patients. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2011;40:154-61. doi: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.10.043.
- 48. de Perrot M, McRae K, Shargall Y, Pletsch L, Tan K, Slinger P, et al. Pulmonary endarterectomy for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: the Toronto experience. Can J Cardiol 2011;27:692-7. doi: 10.1016/j.cjca.2011.09.009.
- 49. Ishida K, Masuda M, Tanabe N, Matsumiya G, Tatsumi K, Nakajima N. Long-term outcome after pulmonary endarterectomy for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;144:321-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2011.09.004.
- 50. Oh SJ, Bok JS, Hwang HY, Kim KH, Kim KB, Ahn H. Clinical outcomes of thromboendarterectomy for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: 12-year experience. Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2013;46:41-8. doi: 10.5090/kjtcs.2013.46.1.41.