Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- * Patients referred with CTED and/or CTEPH defined as:
- 1. Mean pulmonary arterial pressure (mPAP) \> 20 mmHg at rest with pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) \> 2 Wood units (WU); or if mPAP ≤ 20 mmHg or PVR ≤ 2 WU at rest, have exercise limitations from chronic thromboembolic pulmonary disease (CTEPD) without pulmonary hypertension (PH)
- 2. Radiologic finding of chronic thromboembolic disease, including abnormal ventilation perfusion scan, pulmonary angiogram, computer tomographic pulmonary angiogram, or magnetic resonance pulmonary angiogram
- 3. Post-embolic exercise intolerance and evidence of chronic thromboembolic disease in the absence of resting pulmonary hypertension
- * Treatment with anticoagulation for ≥ 3 months before diagnosis of CTEPH or CTEPD without PH
- * Age ≥ 18 years
Exclusion Criteria:
- * Main cause of PH other than World Health Organization (WHO) group 4 (CTEPH)
- * Patient's refusal to participate in clinical research and/or receive intervention
Ages Eligible for Study:
18 Years to N/A (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)
Sexes Eligible for Study: ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
No