Balloon pulmonary angioplasty in patients with CTEPH [electronic resource] / Francesco Saia, Nazzareno Galiè, Hiromi Matsubara, editors.
The only curative treatment currently available for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is surgical pulmonary endoarterectomy (PEA). However, several patients may have high risk factors for surgery, or a peripheral disease not amenable to surgical treatment; or else a residual pulm...
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2022.
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Table of Contents:
- 1 Epidemiology and pathophysiology of CTEPH
- 2 Diagnosis of CTEPH
- 3 Pulmonary Thromboendoaterectomy: the only cure for CTEPH
- 4 Medical treatment of CTEPH
- 5 Development of Balloon Pulmonary Angioplasty in CTEPH: an historical perspective
- 6 Balloon pulmonary angioplasty in CTEPH: modern technique
- 7 Balloon pulmonary angioplasty: clinical outcomes
- 8 Lesion classification in CTEPH with an interventional perspective
- 9 Advanced non-invasive imaging to guide BPA
- 10 Use of intravascular imaging and pressure guide during BPA
- 11 Balloon pulmonary angioplasty in proximal lesions
- 12 Metrics for success of balloon pulmonary angioplasty in CTEPH
- 13 Management of complications during balloon pulmonary angioplasty in CTEPH
- 14 BPA in CTEPH: next steps?
- 15 CTEPH and chronic thromboembolic disease (CTED): clinical and interventional perspective.