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After the Dawn - Balloon Pulmonary Angioplasty for Patients With Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
- Source :
- Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society. 82(5)
- Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- In the past 5 years, balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA) for patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) who are deemed inoperable has undergone significant refinement. As a result, the procedure is now used worldwide and has become a promising therapeutic option for those patients. However, pulmonary endarterectomy remains the gold standard treatment for patients with CTEPH because the techniques and strategies for BPA are not yet unified. The best therapeutic option for each patient should be determined based on discussion among a multidisciplinary team of experts. For BPA to become an established treatment for CTEPH, further data are needed. This review summarizes the techniques and strategies of BPA at present and discusses the future development of the procedure.
- Subjects :
- endocrine system
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.medical_treatment
Hypertension, Pulmonary
Endarterectomy
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
Lung injury
Balloon
Pulmonary endarterectomy
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Angioplasty
Thromboembolism
medicine
Humans
Intensive care medicine
urogenital system
business.industry
Gold standard
General Medicine
medicine.disease
Thrombosis
Pulmonary hypertension
030228 respiratory system
Chronic Disease
Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
Pulmonary Embolism
Angioplasty, Balloon
Subjects
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- ISSN :
- 13474820
- Volume :
- 82
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....f865f002e80b7412852636d988a1d97b