Incidence, avoidance, and management of pulmonary artery injuries in percutaneous transluminal pulmonary angioplasty

Takumi Inami; Masaharu Kataoka; Nobuhiko Shimura; Haruhisa Ishiguro; Ryoji Yanagisawa; Takashi Kawakami; Keiichi Fukuda; Hideaki Yoshino; Toru Satoh

doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.08.052

Incidence, avoidance, and management of pulmonary artery injuries in percutaneous transluminal pulmonary angioplasty

Int J Cardiol. 2015 Dec 15:201:35-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.08.052. Epub 2015 Aug 5.

Authors

Takumi Inami¹, Masaharu Kataoka², Nobuhiko Shimura¹, Haruhisa Ishiguro¹, Ryoji Yanagisawa¹, Takashi Kawakami³, Keiichi Fukuda³, Hideaki Yoshino¹, Toru Satoh¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiology, Second Department of Internal Medicine, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
² Division of Cardiology, Second Department of Internal Medicine, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. Electronic address: m.kataoka09@keio.jp.
³ Department of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.

PMID: 26292269
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.08.052

No abstract available

Keywords: Balloon pulmonary angioplasty; Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension; Percutaneous transluminal pulmonary angioplasty; Pulmonary artery injury.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Angioplasty / adverse effects*
Angioplasty / instrumentation
Disease Management*
Female
Humans
Incidence
Male
Middle Aged
Pulmonary Artery / diagnostic imaging*
Pulmonary Artery / injuries*
Pulmonary Embolism / diagnostic imaging*
Pulmonary Embolism / therapy*
Radiography