Optimal short-term outcomes in balloon pulmonary angioplasty: the minimum frequency of three sessions annually.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA) is typically performed in a sequential manner.

Objectives

This study aimed to determine the lowest frequency of BPA for patients who could not reach treatment goals in a short period.

Design

Retrospective cohort.

Methods

We retrospectively enrolled 186 BPA-treated patients diagnosed with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. According to the accumulative number of performed BPA sessions or treated pulmonary vessels or the ratio of the number of treated pulmonary vessels/the number of baseline lesions (T/P) prior to the initial occurrence of clinical outcome or censored date, we divided patients into different groups. The principal outcome was clinical worsening.

Results

After stratifying patients by

SUBMITTER: Li X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10898305 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature