3-Dimensional SPECT/CT Fusion Imaging-Guided Balloon Pulmonary Angioplasty for Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension

JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2017 Oct 23;10(20):e193-e194. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2017.07.038. Epub 2017 Sep 27.

Authors

Kazuya Hosokawa¹, Kohtaro Abe², Soichiro Kashihara², Hiroyuki Tsutsui²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan. Electronic address: ncvchoso@cardiol.med.kyushu-u.ac.jp.
² Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan.

PMID: 28964760
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2017.07.038

No abstract available

Keywords: balloon pulmonary angioplasty; chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension; computed tomography; fusion; lung perfusion.

Publication types

Case Reports
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MeSH terms

Angioplasty, Balloon / methods*
Arterial Pressure
Chronic Disease
Female
Humans
Hypertension, Pulmonary / diagnostic imaging
Hypertension, Pulmonary / etiology
Hypertension, Pulmonary / physiopathology
Hypertension, Pulmonary / therapy*
Imaging, Three-Dimensional*
Middle Aged
Predictive Value of Tests
Pulmonary Artery / diagnostic imaging*
Pulmonary Artery / physiopathology
Pulmonary Embolism / complications
Pulmonary Embolism / diagnostic imaging
Pulmonary Embolism / physiopathology
Pulmonary Embolism / therapy*
Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted
Radiography, Interventional / methods*
Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography Computed Tomography*
Treatment Outcome