ArticlePulmonary circulation2023
Balloon pulmonary angioplasty outcomes in patients previously treated by pulmonary endarterectomy surgery are inferior to those of inoperable patients.
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- Combined therapeutic strategy of balloon pulmonary angioplasty before and after pulmonary endarterectomy in a patient with severe chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension with Kartagener's syndrome: a case report.European heart journal. Case reports · 2026Article
- Dual-energy CT based scoring to estimate perfusion changes after balloon pulmonary angioplasty in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.JHLT open · 2026Article
- Combining pulmonary endarterectomy and balloon pulmonary angioplasty in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: a narrative review of hybrid therapy approaches.ERJ open research · 2025Review
- Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary disease.The European respiratory journal · 2024Review
- Treatment and management of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH): A global cross-sectional scientific survey (CLARITY).Pulmonary circulation · 2024Article
- Balloon pulmonary angioplasty outcomes in patients previously treated by pulmonary endarterectomy surgery are inferior to those of inoperable patients.Pulmonary circulation · 2023Article
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Abstract
Pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA) may not achieve full clearance of vascular obstructions in patients with more distal chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). Balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA) may be indicated to treat these residual vascular lesions. We compared whether patients post-PEA (PP) treated by BPA derived similar benefit to those who had inoperable CTEPH (IC), and assessed predictors of BPA response after surgery. We treated 109 patients with BPA-89 with IC and 20 PP. Serial right heart catheterization performed at baseline (immediately before BPA) and 3 months after completing BPA, compared pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR), mean pulmonary artery pressure (mPAP) as well as change in WHO functional class and 6-minute walk distance. We also assessed the impact of total thrombus tail length (TTTL) from photographed PEA surgical specimens and PP computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA)-quantified residual disease burden on BPA response. PP and IC groups did not differ significantly in terms of demographics, baseline hemodynamics or procedural characteristics. However, IC derived greater hemodynamic benefit from BPA: ΔPVR (-27.9 ± 20.2% vs. -13.9 ± 23.9%,
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