Effects of Balloon Pulmonary Angioplasty on Oxygenation in Patients With Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension – Importance of Intrapulmonary Shunt –
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Effects of Balloon Pulmonary Angioplasty on Oxygenation in Patients With Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension - Importance of Intrapulmonary Shunt.
BACKGROUND Although balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA) improves the hemodynamics and prognosis of patients with inoperable chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH), the mechanisms of improvement in oxygenation remain to be elucidated. METHODSANDRESULTS From August 2013 to May 2015, we performed a total of 113 BPA procedures in 24 patients with inoperable CTEPH (mean 4.7 procedur...
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Corresponding author: Assoc. Prof. Marcin Kurzyna MD, PhD, Department of Pulmonary Circulation and Thromboembolic Diseases, Medical Centre of Postgraduate Education, European Health Centre Otwock, 14/18 Borowa St, 05-400 Otwock, Poland, phone: +48 22 710 30 52, fax: +48 22 710 31 69, e-mail: [email protected] Received: 7.01.2015, accepted: 16.01.2015. Balloon pulmonary angioplasty fo...
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عنوان ژورنال: Circulation Journal
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1346-9843,1347-4820
DOI: 10.1253/circj.cj-16-0254