CASE REPORT
Short-term intravenous iloprost for treatment of reperfusion lung oedema after pulmonary thromboendarterectomy
1 Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
2 Department of Traumatology, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
Correspondence to:
Correspondence to:
Dr Yung-Chie Lee
Department of Surgery and Traumatology, National Taiwan University Hospital, No 7 Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, Taiwan; wuj{at}ha.mc.ntu.edu.tw
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.
Abbreviations: CTEPH, chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension; FiO2, fraction of inspired oxygen; NO, nitric oxide; PaO2, arterial oxygen pressure; PAP, pulmonary artery pressure; PTE, pulmonary thromboendarterectomy; PVR, pulmonary vascular resistance; RLE, reperfusion lung oedema
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