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Enlarged Images for Pulmonary Hypertension

Illustration of pulmonary thromboendarterectomy

Acute pulmonary thromboembolic disease: Blood clots from the legs may travel through the heart and lodge in the branches of the vessels of the lungs.

Illustration of pulmonary thromboendarterectomy

Chronic pulmonary thromboembolic disease: Some emboli do not dissolve but become 'organized' with fibrous scar tissue, blocking the vessels in the lungs.

Illustration of pulmonary thromboendarterectomy

Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy: Blood clots can be removed directly from the pulmonary arteries by open-heart surgery.

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