Rescue balloon pulmonary angioplasty for life-threatening acute pulmonary embolism on chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension patients

Keiko Sumimoto; Yu Taniguchi; Hiroyuki Fujii; Keisuke Miwa; Yoichiro Matsuoka; Yasunori Tsuboi; Noriaki Emoto; Ken-Ichi Hirata

doi:10.1016/j.rmcr.2021.101415

Rescue balloon pulmonary angioplasty for life-threatening acute pulmonary embolism on chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension patients

Respir Med Case Rep. 2021 Apr 13:33:101415. doi: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2021.101415. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Keiko Sumimoto¹, Yu Taniguchi¹, Hiroyuki Fujii¹, Keisuke Miwa¹, Yoichiro Matsuoka¹, Yasunori Tsuboi¹, Noriaki Emoto¹, Ken-Ichi Hirata¹

Affiliation

¹ Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan.

Abstract

We report the cases of two patients with life-threatening acute pulmonary embolism (PE) on chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) who were treated with rescue balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA). These cases highlight the effect of rescue BPA on acute PE on CTEPH, which requires veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.

Keywords: Acute pulmonary embolism; Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension; Rescue balloon pulmonary angioplasty; Veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.

Publication types

Case Reports