Pulmonary thromboendarterectomy (PTE) is a major surgery on the blood vessels in the lungs. It involves removing a blood clot from the lung to restore blood pressure levels. PTE is also known as ...

Pulmonary embolism can be life-threatening and affects around 1 in 1,000 in the U.S. Every year. In most cases, pulmonary embolism is caused by blood clots in the legs or arms that travel to the lung.

Mary Ann Reck, center, is surrounded by her medical team at Allegheny Health Network Allegheny General Hospital. Reck successfully underwent a complex surgery called a pulmonary thromboendarterectomy ...

ATS 2014, SAN DIEGO ─ Patients with chronic pulmonary thromboembolic disease may benefit from pulmonary thromboendarterectomy (PTE), even if the patients don't have severe pulmonary hypertension, ...

(KUTV) — A complex surgery is improving the quality of life for patients with blood clots in their lungs that won’t go away. This has been life-changing for mother of three, Megan Carpenter. “Every ...

A surgery, Pulmonary Thrombo-Endarterectomy (PTE), that removes blood clots from pulmonary arteries, which carry de-oxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs, is being launched by Yashoda Hospitals ...