M. Ikeda

Balloon pulmonary angioplasty improves right ventricular-pulmonary arterial coupling during exercise in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary disease without pulmonary hypertension

Symptomatic chronic thromboembolic pulmonary disease (CTEPD) without pulmonary hypertension is a clinical indication for mechanical reperfusion therapy such as pulmonary endarterectomy or balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA) (1). Although clinical benefit may be achieved, the effect of BPA on dynamic right ventric...