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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]
Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is a long-term disease caused by a blockage in the blood vessels that deliver blood from the heart to the lungs (the pulmonary arterial tree). These blockages cause increased resistance to flow in the pulmonary arterial tree which in turn leads ...
Stuart Jamieson 2023 (his giraffe on screen) Stuart Jamieson was born in 1947 [1] and brought up in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), where he was educated at Falcon College. [2][3] His childhood was spent on a 2.5 million acre ranch with pets that included a zebra, an ostrich [4] and a giraffe. [5] At the age of 18, Jamieson was sent to St Mary's ...
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 ...
Arterial occlusion. Blood flow through an artery is partially occluded by the deposition of an atherosclerotic plaque. Arterial occlusion is a condition involving partial or complete blockage of blood flow through an artery. Arteries are blood vessels that carry oxygenated blood to body tissues. [1][2] An occlusion of arteries disrupts oxygen ...
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 ...
Ross procedure. Good if performed in specialist centre, [1] 80% to 90% 10 year survival. [3] The Ross procedure, also known as pulmonary autograft, is a heart valve replacement operation to treat severe aortic valve disease, such as in children and young adults with a bicuspid aortic valve. [1] It involves removing the diseased aortic valve ...
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