Balloon pulmonary angioplasty using contrast agents improves impaired renal function in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension

Int J Cardiol. 2015 Jun 1:188:41-2. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.04.030. Epub 2015 Apr 4.

Authors

Mai Kimura¹, Masaharu Kataoka², Takashi Kawakami¹, Taku Inohara¹, Makoto Takei¹, Keiichi Fukuda¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
² Department of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. Electronic address: m.kataoka09@z5.keio.jp.

PMID: 25880583
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.04.030

No abstract available

Keywords: Balloon pulmonary angioplasty; Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension; Renal function.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Angiography / methods
Angioplasty, Balloon / methods*
Chronic Disease
Cohort Studies
Contrast Media*
Female
Hospitals, University
Humans
Hypertension, Pulmonary / complications
Hypertension, Pulmonary / diagnosis*
Hypertension, Pulmonary / therapy*
Japan
Kidney Function Tests
Male
Middle Aged
Pulmonary Embolism / complications
Pulmonary Embolism / diagnostic imaging
Pulmonary Embolism / therapy*
Radiographic Image Enhancement*
Retrospective Studies
Severity of Illness Index
Statistics, Nonparametric
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Contrast Media