Impact of the establishment of a multidisciplinary national chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension board on a monocentric surgical endarterectomy program
Establishing an interdisciplinary board is essential to address diagnostic and management challenges in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension patients. The Swiss national chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension board played an important role in substantially increasing the rate of curative surgery.
Authors
- Bianca Battilana (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0416-7257)
- Stéphane Noble (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8018-2857)
- Gilbert Dominique Puippe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2885-8047)
- Silvia Ulrich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5250-5022)
- Jean‐François Deux (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2928-1929)
- Sabina A. Guler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9833-5911)
- Andrei Darie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5726-8476)
- Thomas Frauenfelder (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3295-6619)
- Mona Lichtblau (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4485-1758)
- John‐David Aubert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8856-4000)
- Frédéric Lador (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4276-635X)
- Laura C. Mayer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-4949-8548)
- Benoît Lechartier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5932-8164)
- Patrick Yerly (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8163-722X)
- Isabelle Opitz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5900-9040)
- Sabine Franckenberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8326-0777)
- Jean‐Marc Fellrath (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-7018-7409)
- K. Chiffi
Institutions
- University of Bern (CH)
- University of Zurich (CH)
- University Hospital of Bern (CH)
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CH)
- University Hospital of Basel (CH)
- Hospital Base (CL)
- University Hospital of Zurich (CH)
- Hospital Neuchâtel (CH)
- University Hospital of Geneva (CH)
- Geneva College (US)
- University of Lausanne (CH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Interdisciplinary CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery
- Published
- 2025-02-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivaf040
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.52