The effectiveness of scoring balloon angioplasty in the treatment of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.

Masao TakigamiHideo TsubataNaohiko NakanishiYuki MatsubaraNoriyuki WakanaKenji YanishiKan ZenTakeshi NakamuraSatoaki Matoba

Published in: PloS one (2022)

Although NSE PTA scoring balloon was safe, there was no significant pressure gradient improvement with NSE PTA scoring balloon compared to conventional BPA. Nevertheless, the NSE PTA scoring balloon showed effective blood-flow improvement in the case of large balloon-to-vessel ratio.

Keyphrases

blood flow
pulmonary hypertension
randomized controlled trial
systematic review
pulmonary artery