Incidence of chronic thrombo-embolic pulmonary hypertension following acute pulmonary thrombo-embolism: An Indian perspective.
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2013-10
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Chronic thrombo-embolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) remains a severe disabling disease causing a significant
amount of mortality and morbidity worldwide. The incidence and severity of this condition is quite obscure. The initial
inciting event, the reason of progression, the natural history of the disease and the predictors of adverse outcomes are not
yet adequately clarified. From the Indian subcontinent, data regarding this disease is limited. But with the advent of the
multi-detector computed tomography, the understanding of this disease is gradually improving. As most of the available
data suggests, acute pulmonary embolism (PE) as the main initial trigger leading to CTEPH, we prospectively analysed all
patients being admitted in our hospital with acute PE and followed them over a period of one-and-a-half years to determine
the incidence of CTEPH in this group. This is just an attempt to increase the awareness about the disease pattern and
determine the rate of progression, risk factors of poor outcome, so that early detection and prompt treatment can benefit
the patient care.
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Chronic thrombo-embolic pulmonary hypertension, Acute pulmonary embolism
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Dutt Tiyas Sen, Mohan B V Murali, Tousheed Syed Zulkharnain, Ramanjenaya Ranganath, Shetty Devi Prasad. Incidence of chronic thrombo-embolic pulmonary hypertension following acute pulmonary thrombo-embolism: An Indian perspective. The Indian Journal of Chest Diseases and Allied Sciences, 2013 Oct; 55(4): 205-207.