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Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: a comprehensive review of pathog...
Cazeiro, Daniel; Azaredo Raposo, Miguel; Guimarães, Tatiana; Lousada, Nuno; Jenkins, David; Inácio, João R.; Moreira, Susana; Mineiro, AnaChronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is part of group 4 of the pulmonary hypertension (PH) classification and generally affects more than a third of patients referred to PH centers. It is a three-compartment disease involving proximal (lobar-to-segmental) and distal (subsegmental) pulmonary arteries that are obstructed by persistent fibrothrombotic material, and precapillary pulmonary arteries ...
EFFORT AS RESPONSIBILITY
Jenkins, DavidJohn Roemer has created a model by which the luck egalitarian distinction between choice and luck can be used to motivate real policy decisions. By dividing society into ‘types’, Roemer suggests we are able to limit comparisons made between different people to that which they are able to control. In so doing, responsible individual action becomes the sole means by which inequalities can be justified and far mor...
Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: initial experience of patients u...
Plácido, Rui; Guimarães, Tatiana; Jenkins, David; Cortez-Dias, Nuno; Couto Pereira, Sara Cristina; Campos, Paula; Mineiro, Ana; Lousada, NunoIntroduction and objectives: Pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA) is a potentially curative procedure in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). This study reports the initial experience of a Portuguese PH center with patients undergoing PEA at an international surgical reference center. Methods: Prospective observational study of consecutive CTEPH patients followed at a national PH cente...