Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy (PTE) is complex surgery to remove blood clots and related material from the pulmonary artery of people with chronic pulmonary thrombo-embolic disease (repeated episodes of blood clots travelling to the lung) that may cause life-threatening pulmonary hypertension (raised pressure in the artery that carries blood to the lung).
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- Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy