Working backward: Retrograde balloon angioplasty of atretic arteries in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.
R Allen LigonChristopher J PetitPublished in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (2019)
We describe a patient with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension who presented to the pediatric cardiac catheterization laboratory for peripheral pulmonary artery recanalization and angioplasty. This case report outlines serial pulmonary arterial rehabilitation via a retrograde approach through intrapulmonary collateral arterial connections.