Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy Patient Success Story

Description: About the Video: Margaret Martins suffered from a life-threatening form of pulmonary hypertension known as secondary pulmonary hypertension. From an emergency room in a Washington DC hospital, she was transferred to the University of Maryland Medical Center after her doctors did an Internet search to find someone who could perform a Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy. Through the search, they found Dr. Bartley Griffith, the University of Maryland Medical Center's Chief of Cardiac Surgery and one of the few surgeons in the country performing this complex surgery. Hear what Margaret has to say about this procedure and how it changed her life. About the Expert: Dr. Bartley Griffith is the Chief of the Division of Cardiac Surgery and the Director of Heart and Lung Transplantation at the University of Maryland Medical Center. He is also a professor of Surgery at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Related Links: Dr. Bartley Griffith www.umm.edu The Maryland Heart Center www.umm.edu Pulmonary Hypertension Program www.umm.edu What is PTE? www.umm.edu Patient Success Story www.umm.edu Distributed by Tubemogul.