Preoperative balloon pulmonary angioplasty for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension led to successful anesthetic management for total hysterectomy under general anesthesia: a case report

Abstract Background Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is a disease of obstructive pulmonary artery remodeling as a consequence of major vessel thromboembolism. Balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA) is an alternative treatment for patients with inoperable CTEPH. We report a case of...

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Published in:	JA Clinical Reports
Main Authors:	Tomoko Ota, Kazumi Kawai, Tomoko Niihata, Hideki Fukuda
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	SpringerOpen 2020-07-01
Subjects:	Balloon pulmonary angioplasty Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension Pulmonary hypertension
Online Access:	http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40981-020-00359-y