Preoperative balloon pulmonary angioplasty enabled noncardiac surgery of a patient with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH)

AbstractRationale:Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is a disease with a poor prognosis, characterized by chronic thromboembolic obstruction of the pulmonary arteries and pulmonary hypertension. Balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA) is a newly emergent treatment for CTEPH, which may