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Fresh clots from a patient with acute pulmonary embolism and chronic fibrotic specimen from a CTEPH patient. (A) Fresh clots with a typical reddish color easily removed by thrombectomy from the pulmonary arteries of a patient with acute pulmonary embolism. (B) Chronic organized clots highly adherent to the wall of pulmonary arteries and removed by a true thromboendarterectomy. CTEPH, chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension; PE, pulmonary embolism.
