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Ann Thorac Surg 2006;82:2145-2146
© 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Original Articles: Cardiovascular

Invited commentary

Johannes M. Albes, MD, PhD

Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Heart Center Brandenburg, Ladeburger Strasse 17, Bernau, 16321 Germany

(Email: j.albes@immanuel.de).

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Pulmonary endarterectomy for chronic pulmonary thromboembolism is one of the truly challenging surgical procedures in contemporary cardiothoracic surgery. Ever since Houk and colleagues [1] first reported successful treatment of chronic thrombotic pulmonary obstruction, continuous progress has been made in developing safe and efficient surgical strategies to deal with peripheral pulmonary thrombi tightly adherent to a fragile pulmonary vessel wall [2]. It is the merit of Stuart Jamieson and his predecessors in San Diego . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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