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Cardiovascular Intervention and Therapeutics

25-09-2024 | Pulmonary Hypertension | Images in Cardiovascular Intervention

Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension and iodine allergy successfully treated using gadolinium contrast and pressure catheter

Authors: Shuji Sato, Takuro Ito, Shunsuke Todani, Shoya Nonaka, Hiroshi Mikamo, Kazuhiro Shimizu

Published in: Cardiovascular Intervention and Therapeutics

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A 68-year-old man with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) was referred to our hospital with persistent dyspnea. Organized thrombi with distal predominance were detected using pulmonary angiography (PAG); right heart catheterization relieved mean pulmonary artery pressure (mPAP) of 68 mmHg. Balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA) was considered; however, severe toxic erythema was observed after PAG despite steroid coverage, suggesting severe iodine contrast allergy. …
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Title
Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension and iodine allergy successfully treated using gadolinium contrast and pressure catheter
Authors
Shuji Sato
Takuro Ito
Shunsuke Todani
Shoya Nonaka
Hiroshi Mikamo
Kazuhiro Shimizu
Publication date
25-09-2024
Publisher
Springer Nature Singapore
Published in
Cardiovascular Intervention and Therapeutics
Print ISSN: 1868-4300
Electronic ISSN: 1868-4297
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12928-024-01047-9

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