Working backward: Retrograde balloon angioplasty of atretic arteries in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension

• Published in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions Vol. 93; no. 6; pp. 1076 - 1079
• Main Authors: Allen Ligon, R., Petit, Christopher J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, USA John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.05.2019; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Angioplasty; Arteries; balloon angioplasty; Catheterization; congenital heart disease, adults; congenital heart disease, pediatrics; Hypertension; pediatric intervention; Pulmonary arteries; Pulmonary artery; Pulmonary hypertension; Rehabilitation; Thromboembolism; pediatric intervention; congenital heart disease, adults; congenital heart disease, pediatrics; balloon angioplasty

We describe a patient with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension who presented to the pediatric cardiac catheterization laboratory for peripheral pulmonary artery recanalization and angioplasty. This case report outlines serial pulmonary arterial rehabilitation via a retrograde approach thro...