Marta Banaszkiewicz, Paweł Kurzyna, Nina Kubikowska, Magda Mucha, Aleksander Rudnik, Aleksandra Gąsecka, Arkadiusz Pietrasik, Marcin Grabowski, Miłosz J Jaguszewski, Piotr Kasprzyk, Piotr Kędzierski, Dariusz Ciećwierz, Grzegorz Żuk, Piotr Szwed, Michał Piłka, Michał Florczyk, Marcin Kurzyna, Szymon Darocha
In this article, we discuss the topic of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary disease (CTEPD) and the growing role of balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA) in its treatment. We present the pathophysiology of CTEPD which arises from an incomplete resolution of thrombi in the pulmonary arteries and leads to stenosis and occlusion of the vessels. The article focuses mainly on the chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) subpopulation for which prognosis is very poor when left untreated. We describe a multimodal approach to treating CTEPH, including pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA), BPA, and pharmacological therapies...
August 16, 2023: Journal of Clinical Medicine