Anatolian journal of cardiology, cilt.26, sa.1, ss.43-48, 2022 (SCI-Expanded)
Objective: Although the underlying pathology of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is mechanical obliteration of the major pulmonary vessels, high pulsatile stress penetrating into the normal distal pulmonary microvasculature resulting from reduced pulmonary arterial compliance (C-PA) may cause progressive deterioration in pulmonary hemodynamics. Hypothetically, balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA) may be beneficial in reducing C-PA and pulsatile stress in patients with CTEPH.