PTE (pulmonary thromboendarterectomy) - is a surgical procedure to remove old blood clots from the pulmonary arteries. In select individuals, this surgical procedure is a cure, if it is the cause of the PH. The procedure is performed at St. Luke's Medical Center (Milwaukee, WI), University of California - San Diego, and the Cleveland Clinic.
 

Recent items from the PHCentral Newsroom:

• Complex, eight-hour open procedure removes life-threatening blood clots from 17-year-old's lungs
  (Medical News) -- After visiting the emergency room with fainting spells and shortness of breath, a 17-year-old Morningside Heights boy was diagnosed with rare, life-threatening blood clots blocking his pulmonary arteries. To address the problem, surgeons at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital ...
   

August 2009 - Page reviewed and updated.