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Amit Saha1, Jeffrey P Chidester1, Hurst M Hall1
1Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas Texas USA.
Abstract:
Overnight inpatient monitoring is common following balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA) for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). We describe our institutional experience in same-day discharge (SDD) after BPA. Across 78 BPA sessions, there were only 2 (2.6%) admissions for hemoptysis with no reperfusion lung injury or deaths at 30 days.
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