TABLE 2.
University California-San Diego chronic thromboembolic disease (CTED) surgical classification
Level 0 | No evidence of CTED in either lung |
Level I | CTED starting in the main pulmonary arteries |
Level IC | Complete occlusion of one main pulmonary artery with CTED |
Level II | CTED starting at the level of lobar arteries, or in the main descending pulmonary arteries |
Level III | CTED starting at the level of the segmental arteries |
Level IV | CTED starting at the level of the subsegmental arteries |
Classification based on the most proximal disease identified. Information from [53].