Intravenous Treprostinil in Severe Inoperable Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension Using Implantable Pumps-Single-Center Experience over More Than a Decade. 2023

Regina Steringer-Mascherbauer, and Charlotte Huber, and Uwe Fröschl, and Dagmar Engleder, and Reinhold Függer, and Maria Lummersdorfer, and Ralf Lenhard, and Martin Martinek
Department of Cardiology, Ordensklinikum Linz GmbH Elisabethinen, 4020 Linz, Austria.

The management of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension has significantly changed over the last decade with the availability of both specific therapies and interventional treatments. In parallel, implantable pumps for intravenous administration of treprostinil have broadened the spectrum of continuous prostanoid infusion. We evaluated the course of 17 consecutive patients with inoperable chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension treated with treprostinil by means of an implantable infusion pump between 2011 and 2023 at our center. Complications associated with the infusion system were rare, leading to 0.4 unplanned surgical interventions during 17,160 patient days. No additional safety signals were detected, and clinical benefits achieved with subcutaneous treprostinil before pump implantation could be maintained in all patients. No catheter-related infections or thromboembolic events were observed. Implantable infusion pumps offer an attractive alternative to subcutaneous treprostinil for patients intolerant to the subcutaneous route, including those with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.

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