Refined Balloon Pulmonary Angioplasty for Inoperable Patients with Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
Author(s) -
Hiroki Mizoguchi,
Aiko Ogawa,
Mitsuru Munemasa,
Hiroshi Mikouchi,
Hiroshi Ito,
Hiromi Matsubara
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
circulation cardiovascular interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.621
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1941-7632
pISSN - 1941-7640
DOI - 10.1161/circinterventions.112.971077
Subject(s) - medicine , chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension , angioplasty , balloon , pulmonary hypertension , cardiology , radiology
Although balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA) for inoperable patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension was first reported over a decade ago, its clinical application has been restricted because of limited efficacy and complications. We have refined the procedure of BPA to maximize its clinical efficacy.
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