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Working backward: Retrograde balloon angioplasty of atretic arteries in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
Author(s) -
Allen Ligon R.,
Petit Christopher J.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
catheterization and cardiovascular interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1522-726X
pISSN - 1522-1946
DOI - 10.1002/ccd.28115
Subject(s) - medicine , angioplasty , chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension , balloon , cardiology , pulmonary artery , pulmonary hypertension , cardiac catheterization , collateral circulation
We describe a patient with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension who presented to the pediatric cardiac catheterization laboratory for peripheral pulmonary artery recanalization and angioplasty. This case report outlines serial pulmonary arterial rehabilitation via a retrograde approach through intrapulmonary collateral arterial connections.