The last ten years have seen a notable increase in balloon pulmonary angioplasty safety.

Published Date: 23 Apr 2023

The treatment of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension with balloon pulmonary angioplasty has an evolving safety profile over the years, from 2013 to 2022, as revealed by an analysis of more than two dozen studies.

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