Pulmonary thromboendarterectomy

Pulmonary thromboendarterectomy
PTE specimen
Other names	Pulmonary endarterectomy
Specialty	cardiothoracic surgery
ICD-9-CM	38.15
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In thoracic surgery, a pulmonary thromboendarterectomy (PTE), also referred to as pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA),^[1] is an operation that removes organized clotted blood (thrombus) from the pulmonary arteries, which supply blood to the lungs.^{[citation needed]}