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Case Reports
. 2014 Sep;23(133):393-5.
doi: 10.1183/09059180.00000514.

Balloon pulmonary angioplasty in a patient with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension

Hélène Bouvaist  1 , Frédéric Thony  2 , Marie Jondot  2 , Boubou Camara  2 , Xavier Jais  3 , Christophe Pison  3
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Case Reports

Balloon pulmonary angioplasty in a patient with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension

Hélène Bouvaist et al. Eur Respir Rev. 2014 Sep.
No abstract available

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Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.
a) Segmentation of pulmonary arteries according to Cabrol. b) Table summarising the inflation pressure and size of balloons used for each treated segment. d) Visualisation of webs and splits with optical coherence tomography (OCT) before percutaneous angioplasty. Conventional pulmonary angiography of A8 segmental branch (left lung, lateral view) c) before and e) after balloon pulmonary angioplasty. Arrow indicates OCT cross section.
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