Balloon pulmonary angioplasty – efficient therapy of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension in the patient with advanced sarcoidosis – a case report

Abstract Background Approximately a quarter of patients with advanced sarcoidosis develop pulmonary hypertension (PH), which affects their prognosis. We report unusual case of confirmed chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) in a patient with stage IV sarcoidosis successfully treated...

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Published in:	BMC Pulmonary Medicine
Main Authors:	Andrzej Labyk, Dominik Wretowski, Sabina Zybińska-Oksiutowicz, Aleksandra Furdyna, Katarzyna Ciesielska, Dorota Piotrowska-Kownacka, Olga Dzikowska –Diduch, Barbara Lichodziejewska, Andrzej Biederman, Piotr Pruszczyk, Marek Roik
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2018-08-01
Subjects:	Sarcoidosis Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension Balloon pulmonary angioplasty
Online Access:	http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12890-018-0695-4