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Case Report
Short-term intravenous iloprost for treatment of reperfusion lung oedema after pulmonary thromboendarterectomy
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  1. Hsao-Hsun Hsu1,
  2. Jin-Shing Chen1,
  3. Yih-Sharng Chen1,
  4. Wen-Je Ko1,
  5. Shuenn-Wen Kuo1,2,
  6. Yung-Chie Lee1,2
  1. 1Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
  2. 2Department of Traumatology, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
  1. 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

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.

  • 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

https://doi.org/10.1136/thx.2005.051722

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    • Competing interests: None declared.