Comparison of the safety and efficacy of balloon pulmonary angioplasty in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension patients with surgically accessible and inaccessible lesions.

Background: Although pulmonary endarterectomy is the treatment of choice for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension, not all patients are eligible. While balloon pulmonary angioplasty is an alternative for such patients, its efficacy and safety may differ between patients with and without surgically accessible lesions.

Methods: This study involved 344 patients treated with balloon pulmonary angioplasty who were ineligible for pulmonary endarterectomy.

A case of renal transcatheter arterial embolization with ethanol in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease for volume reduction.

We report herein the case of a 76-year-old woman with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) and chronic renal failure resulting in intractable abdominal distension and anorexia. Computed tomography (CT) showed enlarged and cystic kidneys. We performed transcatheter arterial embolization (TAE) for renal arteries with ethanol.

Analysis of factors associated with radiation-induced bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia syndrome after breast-conserving therapy.

Purpose: To evaluate factors associated with radiation-induced bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP) syndrome after breast-conserving therapy.

Methods And Materials: A total of 702 women with breast cancer who received radiotherapy after breast-conserving surgery at seven institutions between July 1995 and December 2006 were analyzed. In all patients, the whole breast was irradiated with two tangential photon beams.