Balloon pulmonary angioplasty in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: a multicentre registry.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA) is a promising therapy for patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) who are ineligible for pulmonary endarterectomy.

Aims

The present study aimed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of BPA for CTEPH using the first multicentre registry of a single European country.

Methods

Data were obtained from the Database of Pulmonary Hypertension in the Polish Population (NCT03959748), a prospective, multicentre registry of adult and paediatric pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and CTEPH, for a total of 236 patients with confirmed CTEPH (124 women; mean age 67 years) who underwent 1,056 BPA procedures at eight institutions in Poland.

Results

In 156 patients who underwent follow-up assessments aft

SUBMITTER: Darocha S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9725062 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature