Same-Day Discharge Following Outpatient Balloon Pulmonary Angioplasty: A Single-Center Experience

Amit Saha; Jeffrey P Chidester; Hurst M Hall; Trushil Shah; Kelly M Chin; Sonja D Bartolome; Thomas P Koshy

doi:10.1002/pul2.70025

Same-Day Discharge Following Outpatient Balloon Pulmonary Angioplasty: A Single-Center Experience

Pulm Circ. 2024 Dec 10;14(4):e70025. doi: 10.1002/pul2.70025. eCollection 2024 Oct.

Authors

Amit Saha¹, Jeffrey P Chidester¹, Hurst M Hall¹, Trushil Shah², Kelly M Chin², Sonja D Bartolome², Thomas P Koshy¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas Texas USA.
² Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas Texas USA.

Abstract

Overnight inpatient monitoring is common following balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA) for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). We describe our institutional experience in same-day discharge (SDD) after BPA. Across 78 BPA sessions, there were only 2 (2.6%) admissions for hemoptysis with no reperfusion lung injury or deaths at 30 days.

Keywords: chronic thromboembolic disease; chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension; postprocedure management.