Balloon Pulmonary Angioplasty for Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension: A Nationwide Prospective Multicenter Registry in Japan (J-BPA)
This nationwide registry demonstrated the outcomes of contemporary BPA in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. No significant differences were observed in efficacy and periprocedural mortality between low- and high-volume hospitals. However, the significantly lower rate of severe complications in high-volume hospitals indicates that BPA may be safer in high-volume hospitals.
Authors
- Toshiro Shinke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7349-7538)
- Kohtaro Abe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4131-5423)
- Takeshi Ogo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1180-9262)
- Toshihiko Sugiura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4394-6229)
- Ichizo Tsujino (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0196-9572)
- Yu Taniguchi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8430-2123)
- Hiroshi Ito (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9857-8614)
- Hiromi Matsubara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3417-7651)
- Keiichi Ishida (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2123-029X)
- Takumi Inami (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1376-2760)
- Nobutaka Ikeda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1615-3736)
- Yusuke Shimahara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2829-5325)
- Yuichi Tamura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4437-8019)
- Atsushi Anzai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7474-1309)
Institutions
- SHOWA Medical University (JP)
- Toho University (JP)
- Kyushu University (JP)
- Chiba University (JP)
- Kawasaki Medical School (JP)
- Keio University (JP)
- Hokkaido University (JP)
- Toho University Ohashi Medical Center (JP)
- Tokyo Medical University Hospital (JP)
- National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center (JP)
- Kyorin University Hospital (JP)
- Okayama Medical Center (JP)
- Mita Hospital (JP)
- Kobe University (JP)
- International University of Health and Welfare (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Circulation Cardiovascular Interventions
- Published
- 2025-11-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1161/circinterventions.125.016172
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.52