Dynamics of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T during therapy with balloon pulmonary angioplasty for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.

AIMS:Balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA) is an interventional treatment modality for inoperable chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). Therapy monitoring, based on non-invasive biomarkers, is a clinical challenge. This post-hoc study aimed to assess dynamics of high-sensitivity cardi...

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Main Authors: Steffen D Kriechbaum, Christoph B Wiedenroth, Till Keller, Jan Sebastian Wolter, Ruth Ajnwojner, Karina Peters, Moritz A Haas, Fritz C Roller, Andreas Breithecker, Andreas J Rieth, Stefan Guth, Andreas Rolf, Dirk Bandorski, Christian W Hamm, Eckhard Mayer, Christoph Liebetrau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6155553?pdf=render