Short-term intravenous iloprost for treatment of reperfusion lung oedema after pulmonary thromboendarterectomy.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
This case report describes the treatment of reperfusion lung oedema after pulmonary thromboendarterectomy using intravenous iloprost infusion in a 52-year-old woman diagnosed with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.
Medical subject headings
- Endarterectomy
- Hypertension, Pulmonary
- Iloprost
- Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors
- Postoperative Complications
- Pulmonary Edema