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Treatment effect prediction using CT after balloon pulmonary angioplasty in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.

Jitsuro TsukadaYoshitake YamadaTakashi KawakamiShunsuke MatsumotoMasanori InoueSeishi NakatsukaMasahiro OkadaKeiichi FukudaMasahiro Jinzaki
Published in: European radiology (2021)
• The reduction in mean pulmonary artery pressure after balloon pulmonary angioplasty in CTEPH patients was significantly correlated with the clinical indices improvement and CTPA parameter decrease. • The decreased diameter of the main pulmonary artery and the decreased diameter of the right atrium on CTPA were independent predictors of mean pulmonary artery pressure reduction.
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