Emergent balloon pulmonary angioplasty in a patient with central‐type chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension with cardiac shock
Abstract The standard treatment of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA); however, it may be unsuitable in the presence of comorbidities such as cardiac shock and severe hypoxia. We describe a successful case of emergent balloon pulmonary angioplasty...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
2022-12-01
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| Series: | Clinical Case Reports |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6738 |