PMID- 37276770 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20231216 LR - 20231216 IS - 2590-0412 (Electronic) IS - 2590-0412 (Linking) VI - 84 DP - 2023 Nov TI - Changes in the management of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension over a 10-year period, in a French expert regional competence centre. PG - 101021 LID - S2590-0412(23)00033-8 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.resmer.2023.101021 [doi] AB - Over the last few years, the advent of balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA) had led to changes in the management of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). We reviewed data from 98 CTEPH patients diagnosed during the last decade in a pulmonary hypertension (PH) expert centre. The management modalities of 2 periods (Period A: 2011-15 and Period B: 2016-20) were compared. Age (period A: 72 [58-80] years; period B: 69 [62-79] years), clinical (New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class III-IV: 25/41, 61% vs 39/57, 68%), and hemodynamic assessments (pulmonary vascular resistance: 7.5 [6.2-8.7] WU vs 8.0 [6.0-10.2] WU) at baseline were not significantly different. Pulmonary endarterectomy was performed in less than one third of patients (12, 29.3% vs 15, 26.3%). For patients not eligible for surgery, medical therapy was mostly prescribed alone during period A (medical therapy alone, patients diagnosed in period A: 61% vs in period B: 17.5%) while it was associated with BPA during period B (medical therapy + BPA, 12% vs 61.4%). The 5-year survival rate was excellent for patients who underwent surgery (96.3%) or BPA (95.2%), but was only 42.1% for patients under oral medication only (p < 0.0001). Patients diagnosed with CTEPH who cannot be operated should undergo BPA. The survival rate after BPA is as good as after surgery and significantly better than that of oral medication only. CI - Copyright (c) 2023 SPLF and Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved. FAU - Provost, Mathilde AU - Provost M AD - Centre de competences de l'hypertension pulmonaire (Pulmo Tension), service de pneumologie, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hopital Louis Pradel, Lyon, France. FAU - Mornex, Jean-Francois AU - Mornex JF AD - Centre de competences de l'hypertension pulmonaire (Pulmo Tension), service de pneumologie, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hopital Louis Pradel, Lyon, France; Centre de reference coordonnateur des maladies pulmonaires rares (RespiFil), service de pneumologie, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hopital Louis Pradel, Lyon, France; Universite de Lyon, universite Lyon 1, INRAE, EPHE, UMR754, IVPC, F-69007 , Lyon, France. FAU - Nasser, Mouhamad AU - Nasser M AD - Centre de competences de l'hypertension pulmonaire (Pulmo Tension), service de pneumologie, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hopital Louis Pradel, Lyon, France; Centre de reference coordonnateur des maladies pulmonaires rares (RespiFil), service de pneumologie, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hopital Louis Pradel, Lyon, France. FAU - Zeghmar, Sabrina AU - Zeghmar S AD - Centre de competences de l'hypertension pulmonaire (Pulmo Tension), service de pneumologie, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hopital Louis Pradel, Lyon, France. FAU - Traclet, Julie AU - Traclet J AD - Centre de competences de l'hypertension pulmonaire (Pulmo Tension), service de pneumologie, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hopital Louis Pradel, Lyon, France; Centre de reference coordonnateur des maladies pulmonaires rares (RespiFil), service de pneumologie, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hopital Louis Pradel, Lyon, France. FAU - Ahmad, Kais AU - Ahmad K AD - Centre de competences de l'hypertension pulmonaire (Pulmo Tension), service de pneumologie, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hopital Louis Pradel, Lyon, France; Centre de reference coordonnateur des maladies pulmonaires rares (RespiFil), service de pneumologie, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hopital Louis Pradel, Lyon, France. FAU - Lestelle, Francois AU - Lestelle F AD - Centre de competences de l'hypertension pulmonaire (Pulmo Tension), service de pneumologie, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hopital Louis Pradel, Lyon, France; Centre de reference coordonnateur des maladies pulmonaires rares (RespiFil), service de pneumologie, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hopital Louis Pradel, Lyon, France. FAU - Chour, Ali AU - Chour A AD - Centre de competences de l'hypertension pulmonaire (Pulmo Tension), service de pneumologie, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hopital Louis Pradel, Lyon, France. FAU - Diesler, Remi AU - Diesler R AD - Centre de competences de l'hypertension pulmonaire (Pulmo Tension), service de pneumologie, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hopital Louis Pradel, Lyon, France. FAU - Cottin, Vincent AU - Cottin V AD - Centre de competences de l'hypertension pulmonaire (Pulmo Tension), service de pneumologie, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hopital Louis Pradel, Lyon, France; Centre de reference coordonnateur des maladies pulmonaires rares (RespiFil), service de pneumologie, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hopital Louis Pradel, Lyon, France; Universite de Lyon, universite Lyon 1, INRAE, EPHE, UMR754, IVPC, F-69007 , Lyon, France. FAU - Turquier, Segolene AU - Turquier S AD - Centre de competences de l'hypertension pulmonaire (Pulmo Tension), service de pneumologie, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hopital Louis Pradel, Lyon, France. Electronic address: segolene.turquier@chu-lyon.fr. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20230603 PL - France TA - Respir Med Res JT - Respiratory medicine and research JID - 101746324 SB - IM MH - Humans MH - Middle Aged MH - Aged MH - Aged, 80 and over MH - *Pulmonary Embolism/complications/epidemiology/surgery MH - *Hypertension, Pulmonary/diagnosis/epidemiology/etiology MH - Chronic Disease MH - Hemodynamics MH - Vascular Resistance OTO - NOTNLM OT - Angioplasty OT - Pulmonary endarterectomy OT - Pulmonary hypertension OT - Survival OT - Thrombosis COIS- Declaration of Competing Interest None. EDAT- 2023/06/05 19:10 MHDA- 2023/12/17 09:43 CRDT- 2023/06/05 18:05 PHST- 2022/08/24 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/04/06 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/04/15 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/12/17 09:43 [medline] PHST- 2023/06/05 19:10 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/06/05 18:05 [entrez] AID - S2590-0412(23)00033-8 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.resmer.2023.101021 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Respir Med Res. 2023 Nov;84:101021. doi: 10.1016/j.resmer.2023.101021. Epub 2023 Jun 3.