The predictors of complications in balloon pulmonary angioplasty for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.

Nobutaka IkedaShuji KubotaToru OkazakiRaisuke IijimaHidehiko HaraYukio HiroiMasato Nakamura

Published in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (2019)

Almost all complications were attributed to operators' procedures. Lesion morphology was the sole predictor of BPA-related complications, while hemodynamic parameters were not associated with the frequency of complications. CT scan images after BPA were useful to identify bleeding complications and to predict hemoptysis.

Keyphrases

pulmonary hypertension
risk factors
computed tomography
pulmonary artery
deep learning
image quality
dual energy