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THE BASICS OF CTEPH WITH DR. RODRIGUEZ-LOPEZ

Review the essential information about CTEPH.

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THE BASICS OF CTEPH
WITH DR. RODRIGUEZ-
LOPEZ

Review the essential information
about CTEPH.

THE RISK FACTORS OF CTEPH
WITH DR. CHANNIK

Victor F. Tapson, MD, of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, looks at how CTEPH develops, how it manifests, and important considerations in distinguishing CTEPH from PAH.

RISK FACTORS OF CTEPH
WITH DR. CHANNIK

Learn more about the 3 categories of risk factors for CTEPH.

Differential diagnosis of CTEPH

Raymond L. Benza, MD, of Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, works through the differential diagnosis of CTEPH, outlining diagnostic difficulties and a helpful mnemonic device for clinicians.

DIAGNOSING CTEPH WITH DR.
KIM

Find out how diagnosing CTEPH can be a challenging process.

V/Q Scanning and RHC

William R. Auger, MD, of Temple University Hospital, discusses the use of V/Q scanning and right heart catheterization in CTEPH.

V/Q SCAN WITH DR. KIM

Learn why a V/Q scan is the best practice used to diagnose CTEPH.

Potential precursors to CTEPH

Paul Forfia, MD, of Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, discusses how venous thromboembolism can be a potential precursor to CTEPH.

NONSURGICAL TREATMENT
OF CTEPH WITH DR.
RODRIGUEZ-LOPEZ

Hear about the ways to treat CTEPH when surgery is not an option.

PTE/PEA Surgery

Richard Channick, MD, of UCLA Medical Center reviews pulmonary thromboendarterectomy (PTE or PEA), the only potentially curative treatment for CTEPH.

SURGICAL TREATMENT OF
CTEPH WITH DR. VAIDYA

Get to know more about the potentially curative PTE-surgery.

V/Q scan and CTPA

Raymond L. Benza, MD, of Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, reviews the respective roles of ventilation/perfusion scans and computed tomographic pulmonary angiography in CTEPH.

POST-PTE SURGERY FOLLOW-
UP WITH DR. VAIDYA

Discover how CTEPH patients should be treated after undergoing PTE surgery.

Key steps in PTE surgery

Michael Madani, MD. FACS of the PTE Program at UCSD, performing PTE/PEA surgery, including extraction of thromboembolic material.

HOW TO SPOT CTEPH IN YOUR
PE PATIENTS

Learn more about the stages of progression of an acute clot to CTEPH, sometimes mistakenly referred to as “chronic clot” or “chronic PE.”

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