Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Lesion morphology was the only independent predictor of complications in balloon pulmonary angioplasty ...

For patients with high blood pressure in their pulmonary arteries caused by chronic blood clots, complications after a minimally invasive balloon angioplasty have decreased substantially over the last ...

Old blood clots in lung arteries can obstruct blood flow and lead to pressure build-up in the affected arteries. When this happens, symptoms such as shortness of breath, fatigue, chest pain, and ...

Adding balloon angioplasty to aggressive medical management significantly lowers the risk for stroke or death in patients with symptomatic intracranial atherosclerotic stenosis (sICAS), results of a ...

Patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) pretreated with dual therapy for PH before balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA) had fewer thoracic complications and greater ...

The International BPA Registry demonstrated that balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA) leads to significant clinical improvements, including better hemodynamics, oxygen saturation, WHO functional class, ...

Submaximal balloon angioplasty for symptomatic intracranial atherosclerotic stenosis (ICAS) improved outcomes over aggressive medical management alone, the BASIS trial from China showed. The incidence ...