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Fig. 24 | Insights into Imaging

Fig. 24

From: Pathophysiology of right ventricular failure in acute pulmonary embolism and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: a pictorial essay for the interventional radiologist

Fig. 24

Imaging and treatment in a patient with CTEPH. An 82-year-old male patient, nonsurgical candidate, with central-type and distal-type CTEPH. a CTA demonstrating webs and bands (white arrows). b Region of stenosis (solid black arrow) and occlusion (open black arrow) due to webs and bands. c Fluoroscopic image of balloon pulmonary angioplasty. A 4 mm balloon (open black arrow), passed through a 7 Fr 90 cm Brite Tip sheath (Cordis, Milpitas, CA, USA, arrow head), over a V18 (Boston Scientific, Malborough, MA) working wire (solid black arrow). d Pulmonary angiogram demonstrates revascularized segmental pulmonary arteries (black arrows)

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