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Pulm Circ
July 2024
Thoracic Surgery Department Marie Lannelongue Hospital, GHPSJ Le Plessis Robinson France.
Balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA) to treat chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is generally reserved for distal obstruction precluding pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA) but can be used in patients with proximal disease who are at high surgical risk or refuse surgery. This single-center retrospective study compared BPA efficacy in patients with proximal versus distal CTEPH. Of the 478 patients, 36 had proximal disease, follow-up was 11.
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