慢性血栓栓塞性肺动脉高压的诊治进展

Progress in diagnosis and treatment of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension

慢性血栓栓塞性肺动脉高压(CTEPH)属于肺源性高血压中的一种特殊类型,由于临床缺乏特异性表现,CTEPH的诊断存在一定的挑战性。尽管CTEPH患者的预后较差,但是CTEPH是一种可能完全治愈的肺高血压。目前CTEPH主要疗法包括肺动脉血栓内膜剥脱术、介入治疗、药物治疗等。本文就CTEPH的诊疗进展作一综述。

Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension(CTEPH)is a special type of pulmonary hypertension.Due to lack of specific clinical manifestations,diagnosis of CTEPH is challenging.Although prognosis of CTEPH patients is poor,CTEPH is a kind of pulmonary hypertension that may be completely cured.At present,main therapies of CTEPH include pulmonary endarterectomy,interventional therapy and medication.The present article makes a review on progress of diagnosis and treatment of CTEPH.