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Balloon Pulmonary Angioplasty (BPA)

Image by Robina Weermeijer

A&I Protocol

Pulmonary angiogram showing pre- and post-balloon angioplasty

References

  1. Balloon pulmonary angioplasty in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension - PubMed [Internet]. [cited 2023 Sep 20]. Available from: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28356406/

  2. Patel N, Giri J, Rosenfield K, Aggarwal V. Best Practices in the Technical Performance of Balloon Pulmonary Angioplasty. Am J Cardiol. 2023 Feb 1;188:87–8.

  3. Steinberg ZL, Lombardi WL, Lee J, Mulligan MS, Leary PJ. Balloon Pulmonary Angioplasty in Chronic Totally Occluded Pulmonary Arteries: Applying Lessons Learned From the Treatment of Coronary Artery Chronic Total Occlusions. J Invasive Cardiol. 2021 Aug;33(8):E632–9.

  4. Formigari R, Santoro G, Guccione P, Giamberti A, Pasquini L, Grigioni M, et al. Treatment of pulmonary artery stenosis after arterial switch operation: stent implantation vs. balloon angioplasty. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2000 Jun;50(2):207–11.

  5. Kim CW, Aronow WS, Dutta T, Spevack DM, Frishman WH. Treatment of Peripheral Pulmonary Artery Stenosis. Cardiol Rev. 2021 Jun 1;29(3):115–9.



     

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