Lesion morphological classification by OCT to predict therapeutic efficacy after balloon pulmonary angioplasty in CTEPH

Int J Cardiol. 2015 Oct 15:197:23-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.06.036. Epub 2015 Jun 19.

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
² Department of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. Electronic address: kawakami.1650@gmail.com.
³ Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Toyohashi Heart Center, Toyohashi, Japan.

PMID: 26142960
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.06.036

No abstract available

Keywords: Balloon pulmonary angioplasty; Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension; Optical coherence tomography; Pressure wire.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Angioplasty, Balloon / methods*
Chronic Disease
Humans
Hypertension, Pulmonary / classification*
Hypertension, Pulmonary / therapy
Pulmonary Embolism / classification*
Pulmonary Embolism / therapy
Retrospective Studies
Tomography, Optical Coherence*
Treatment Outcome