Operation for chronic pulmonary thromboembolism accompanied by thrombophilia in 8 patients Motomi Ando, MD, Shinichi Takamoto, MD, Yutaka Okita, MD, Ritsu Matsukawa, MD, Norifumi Nakanishi, MD, Shingo Kyotani, MD, Toru Satoh, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 66, Issue 6, Pages 1919-1924 (December 1998) DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(98)00910-2
Fig 1 Preoperative and postoperative pulmonary arteriograms; (A) patient 2 (case 2), (B) patient 3 (case 3). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 1998 66, 1919-1924DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(98)00910-2)
Fig 2 Preoperative and postoperative pulmonary arteriograms; (A) patient 7 (case 7), (B) patient 8 (case 8). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 1998 66, 1919-1924DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(98)00910-2)
Fig 3 Preoperative and postoperative lung perfusion scintigrams (A) patient 1 (case 1), (B) patient 6 (case 6), (C) patient 8 (case 8). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 1998 66, 1919-1924DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(98)00910-2)
Fig 4 Surgically removed thromboemboli from both pulmonary arteries in 6 patients. (A) patient 2, (B) patient 4, (C) patient 5, (D) patient 6, (E) patient 7, (F) patient 8. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 1998 66, 1919-1924DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(98)00910-2)
Fig 5 The change of mean pulmonary arterial pressure (PAPm) and total pulmonary resistance (TPR) before and after operation. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 1998 66, 1919-1924DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(98)00910-2)