Outcomes of Patients with Behcet's Syndrome after Pulmonary Endarterectomy

OLGUN YILDIZELİ Ş., Yanartas M., Tas S., Direskeneli H., MUTLU B., CEYHAN B., ...More

THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGEON, vol.66, no.2, pp.187-192, 2018 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 66 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2018
  • Doi Number: 10.1055/s-0037-1604411
  • Journal Name: THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGEON
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.187-192
  • Keywords: Behcet's syndrome, pulmonary endarterectomy, mortality, hemoptysis, outcome, ARTERY ANEURYSMS, DISEASE, HYPERTENSION
  • Marmara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background Behcet's syndrome (BS) is a multisystem disorder and is not known as a risk factor for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH), for which the treatment of choice is pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA). The aim of this study was to review our experience in the surgical treatment of CTEPH in patients with BS.