When do you consider Balloon Pulmonary Angioplasty in patients with inoperable CTEPH?
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Pulmonology · UC San Diego School of Medicine
In all patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) who are not surgical candidates or those with residual pulmonary hypertension after pulmonary thromboendarterectomy (PTE) surgery, balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA) should be considered. There are instances in which patient...