Angiographic classification of total occlusion and its implication on balloon pulmonary angioplasty.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Despite refinements in balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA), total occlusion remains a challenge in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). Owing to their low success and high complication rates, most interventional cardiologists are reluctant to address total occlusion, and there is a paucity of literature on BPA performance in total occlusion. We aimed to classify total occlusion according to morphology and present an illustrative approach for devising a tailored treatment strategy for each distinct type of total occlusion.

Methods and results

All patients diagnosed with CTEPH who underwent BPA between May 2018 and May 2022 at Fuwai Hospital in Beijing, China, were included retrospectively. A total of 204 patients with CTEPH who underwent BPA were includ

SUBMITTER: Yang T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10966251 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature