Balloon Pulmonary Angioplasty for Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension: Clinical Outcomes

Balloon Pulmonary Angioplasty for Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension: Clinical Outcomes Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is characterised by fibrothrombotic material mechanically obliterating major pulmonary arteries, resulting in increased pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR), progressive pulmonary hypertension (PH) combined with a microscopic pulmonary vasculopathy, right ventricular (RV) failure and premature death.1,2 The survival of patien...
Source: Radcliffe Cardiology - Category: Cardiology Authors: Source Type: research