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  2. Pulmonary thromboendarterectomy - Wikipedia

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    ICD-9-CM. 38.1 5. [ edit on Wikidata] In thoracic surgery, a pulmonary thromboendarterectomy (PTE), also referred to as pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA), [ 1 ] is an operation that removes organized clotted blood (thrombus) from the pulmonary arteries, which supply blood to the lungs. [citation needed]

  3. Endarterectomy - Wikipedia

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    MeSH. D004691. [edit on Wikidata] Endarterectomy is a surgical procedure to remove the atheromatous plaque material, or blockage, in the lining of an artery constricted by the buildup of deposits. It is carried out by separating the plaque from the arterial wall. It was first performed on a subsartorial artery in 1946 by a Portuguese surgeon ...

  4. Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension - Wikipedia

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    Typical specimen harvested during the surgical procedure of pulmonary endarterectomy in a patient with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. Pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA) is the gold standard treatment for suitable CTEPH patients. Operability of patients with CTEPH is determined by multiple factors among which surgical accessibility ...

  5. Stuart W. Jamieson - Wikipedia

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    Stuart William Jamieson FRCS (born 1947) is a British cardiothoracic surgeon, specialising in pulmonary thromboendarterectomy (PTE), a surgical procedure performed to remove organized clotted blood (thrombus) from pulmonary arteries in people with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). In his early career, he wrote on xenograft ...

  6. Carotid endarterectomy - Wikipedia

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    MeSH. D016894. [edit on Wikidata] Carotid endarterectomy is a surgical procedure used to reduce the risk of stroke from carotid artery stenosis (narrowing the internal carotid artery). In endarterectomy, the surgeon opens the artery and removes the plaque. The plaque forms and thickens the inner layer of the artery, or intima, hence the name of ...

  7. Embolectomy - Wikipedia

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    Surgical embolectomy for massive pulmonary embolism (PE) has become a rare procedure and is often viewed as a last resort. Thrombolytic therapy has become the treatment of choice. [1] Surgical or catheter embolectomy is a procedure performed in patients with pulmonary embolism, which is a blockage of an artery in the lung caused by a blood clot.

  8. Blalock–Thomas–Taussig shunt - Wikipedia

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    Blalock–Thomas–Taussig shunt. The Blalock–Thomas–Taussig shunt (BTT shunt), [1] previously known as the Blalock–Taussig Shunt (BT shunt), [2] is a surgical procedure used to increase blood flow to the lungs in some forms of congenital heart disease [3] such as pulmonary atresia and tetralogy of Fallot, which are common causes of blue ...

  9. Coronary artery bypass surgery - Wikipedia

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    The patient's head (not seen) is at the bottom. Coronary artery bypass surgery, also known as coronary artery bypass graft (CABG, pronounced "cabbage"), is a surgical procedure to treat coronary artery disease (CAD), the buildup of plaques in the arteries of the heart. It can relieve chest pain caused by CAD, slow the progression of CAD, and ...