AHA Statement Addresses Severe Manifestations of VTE

Patients with objectively proven CTEPH should be promptly evaluated for pulmonary endarterectomy, even if symptoms are mild, and receive indefinite ther­apeutic anticoagulation in the absence of contraindi­cations, they advised.

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