Pulmonary Hypertension - Interventional and Surgical Techniques

What you will learn

Interventional and surgical techniques such as Balloon Pulmonary Angioplasty, Thromboendarterectomy, and Lung Transplantation are important options for patients with pulmonary hypertension. But which patients are potential candidates for these therapies? How are they performed? And what is their impact on prognosis? All of these questions will be answered in this chapter.