TABLE 3.

Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) multidisciplinary team (MDT) and centre expertise

	Requirements
MDT	PEA surgeon + BPA specialist + PH expert + pulmonary vascular radiologist
PEA centre	≥20 surgeries per year with post-operative mortality rate <5%, ECMO support
Expert PEA centre	50 surgeries per year with mortality <3%, capable of treating segmental/subsegmental disease, ECMO support
BPA centre	≥50 procedures per year with procedure related mortality <3%
Expert BPA centre	>100 procedures per year with mortality <1%, ECMO support
Comprehensive CTEPH centre	Combined PEA + BPA + PH + ECMO expertise available with treatments based on centre MDT

PEA: pulmonary endartectomy; BPA: balloon pulmonary angioplasty; PH: pulmonary hypertension; ECMO: extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.