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cord-330975-2tome934	Pilato, Emanuele	Pulmonary embolism and Sars-Cov-2 infection: a new indication for surgical pulmonary endarterectomy?	2020-05-18		.txt	text/plain	426	30	51	According to the last clinical and autoptic findings, COVID-19 pneumonia is associated with massive pulmonary micro embolism and pulmonary infarction caused by a wide thrombotic response to the infection [1] . Probably, a wide pulmonary embolism and a strong inflammatory response will cause a chronic pulmonary hypertension that could increase long-term mortality and morbidity of survivors. Nowadays, chronic pulmonary embolism can be effectively treated with medical therapy but in some limited cases it can require a surgical treatment [3] . Surgery for chronic pulmonary embolism is a very rare but challenging situation because it requires long surgical times and sometimes the need to deep hypothermia and circulatory arrest [4]. In the regard, however, COVID-19 could have created a wide population that will develop pulmonary hypertension due to the fibrosis and chronic embolism and that might need a surgical treatment in the next years. Pulmonary Embolism in COVID-19 Patients: Awareness of an Increased Prevalence Surgical Treatment of Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension	./cache/cord-330975-2tome934.txt	./txt/cord-330975-2tome934.txt