Rescue balloon pulmonary angioplasty for early failure of pulmonary endarterectomy: The earlier the better?

Int J Cardiol. 2016 Nov 1:222:39-40. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.07.021. Epub 2016 Jul 5.

Authors

Stéphane Collaud¹, Philippe Brenot², Olaf Mercier¹, Elie Fadel¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Thoracic and Vascular Surgery and Heart-Lung Transplantation, Marie-Lannelongue Hospital, Paris Sud University, 133 Avenue de la Résistance, 92350 Le Plessis Robinson, France.
² Department of Interventional Radiology, Marie-Lannelongue Hospital, Paris Sud University, 133 Avenue de la Résistance, 92350 Le Plessis Robinson, France.

PMID: 27448704
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.07.021

No abstract available

Keywords: Balloon pulmonary angioplasty; Pulmonary endarterectomy; chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Angiography / methods
Angioplasty, Balloon* / adverse effects
Angioplasty, Balloon* / methods
Chronic Disease
Endarterectomy* / adverse effects
Endarterectomy* / methods
Female
Humans
Hypertension, Pulmonary* / diagnosis
Hypertension, Pulmonary* / etiology
Hypertension, Pulmonary* / surgery
Male
Middle Aged
Multiple Organ Failure / etiology
Multiple Organ Failure / mortality
Postoperative Complications / mortality*
Pulmonary Artery* / diagnostic imaging
Pulmonary Artery* / pathology
Pulmonary Artery* / surgery
Pulmonary Embolism / complications*
Shock, Septic / etiology
Shock, Septic / mortality
Treatment Outcome