Surgical classification of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension

Level	Location of thromboembolic disease
I (C)	Disease-origin at level of main pulmonary arteries resulting in partial or complete (c) occlusion of one lung
II	Disease-origin at level of lobar or intermediate pulmonary arteries
III	Disease-origin at level of segmental arteries
IV	Disease origin at level of subsegmental branches

Surgical classification of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension by anatomical location. The University of California San Diego (UCSD) classification has been proposed^[1] to address distal disease and long-term outcomes. Levels correlate with anatomical location and degree of surgical complexity, where higher levels represent more difficult resections.

UCSD:University of California San Diego; CTEPH: chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension

Reference:

Madani MM. Surgical Treatment of Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension: Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy. Methodist Debakey Cardiovasc J 2016; 12:213.

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Surgical classification of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension