June 1, 2025Journal of the American College of Cardiology22 citationsOpen Access
Balloon Pulmonary Angioplasty for Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
PICO estructurado
Does Balloon Pulmonary Angioplasty improve clinical and hemodynamic parameters in patients with Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension?
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Población
Patients with Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
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Intervención
Balloon Pulmonary Angioplasty (BPA)
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Resultado
Changes in clinical and hemodynamic parameters, complication rates, and percentage decrease in pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR)surrogate
Greater institutional experience with balloon pulmonary angioplasty is associated with larger reductions in pulmonary vascular resistance in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.
Resumen
Our data are in line with previous reports on changes of clinical and hemodynamic parameters and complication rates of BPA. Centers with more experience providing BPAs were more likely to achieve a higher percentage decrease in PVR.
Cite This Study
Lang et al. (Sun,) studied this question.