NEW PATIENT GUIDE
TO PEA SURGERY PUBLISHED Surgery is an option for a growing number of patients with a certain type of PH called Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH). Staff at Papworth Hospital, where this operation called a Pulmonary Endarterectomy (PEA), is performed are helping patients to keep informed each step of the way through a new booklet. WINTER 2015 emphasis 22
