Case Report: Zero-contrast balloon pulmonary angioplasty guided by real-time fusion of CT angiography with x-ray fluoroscopy

BackgroundAllergy to iodine contrast agents has long been a contraindication for balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA). We report the successful zero-contrast BPA procedure of a patient with inoperable chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) and severe iodine allergy using real-time fusi...

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Main Authors: Yinjiang Tang, Ou Xu, Chunmei Zhang, Xia Bao, Shaodong Ye
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2024-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcvm.2024.1435795/full
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