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What is Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension?
Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is a rare and progressive type of pulmonary hypertension that occurs due to blood clots in the pulmonary arteries (which carry blood from the right side of the heart to the lungs), causing blockage. Risk factors include cancer, blood diseases, or inflammatory diseases.
Treatment of Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
Surgery to remove the clot can potentially cure CTEPH with excellent long-term survival rates. However, lifelong medication is needed to thin the blood and prevent clots, diuretics (to remove salt and water), and oxygen (as needed).
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Osler Jay Justo Guzon, MD (Cardiology)
Dr. Guzon graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine with a BLA and MD. He then completed his Internal Medicine Residency at St. Louis University before a fellowship in Cardiovascular Diseases at the University of Missouri-Columbia. He has since working as an invasive cardiologist with a particular interest in preventative medicine and cardiometabolic disease. Over the past several years, Dr. Guzon has served on the speaker bureaus of AstraZeneca, Lilly, Boehringer-Ingelheim, and Aralez.
Eisaku Kamakura, MD (Pulmonology)
Dr. Kamakura graduated from the Tokyo Medical and Dental University, School of Dentistry, and the Niigata University School of Medicine. He trained at Yokosuka Kyosai Hospital and held positions in the Respiratory Medicine departments at Yokosuka Kyosai Hospital, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Ome City General Hospital, and Musashino Red Cross Hospital. In 2021, he became the specially appointed assistant professor at the Department of General Medicine, Niigata University School of Medicine.
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