title: Exercise intolerance and ventilatory inefficiency improve early after balloon pulmonary angioplasty in patients with inoperable chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Centre, Suita, Japan; Department of Radiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Centre, Suita, Japan.
authors.forename: Shigefumi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fukui
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Centre, Suita, Japan; Department of Radiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Centre, Suita, Japan. Electronic address: ogo.takeshi.hp@mail.ncvc.go.jp.
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ogo
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Centre, Suita, Japan; Department of Radiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Centre, Suita, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Centre, Suita, Japan; Department of Radiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Centre, Suita, Japan.
authors.forename: Jin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ueda
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Centre, Suita, Japan; Department of Radiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Centre, Suita, Japan.
authors.forename: Akihiro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tsuji
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Centre, Suita, Japan; Department of Radiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Centre, Suita, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sanda
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Centre, Suita, Japan; Department of Radiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Centre, Suita, Japan.
authors.forename: Reon
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kumasaka
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Centre, Suita, Japan; Department of Radiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Centre, Suita, Japan.
authors.forename: Tetsuo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Arakawa
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Centre, Suita, Japan; Department of Radiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Centre, Suita, Japan.
authors.forename: Michio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakanishi
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Centre, Suita, Japan; Department of Radiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Centre, Suita, Japan.
authors.forename: Tetsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fukuda
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Centre, Suita, Japan; Department of Radiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Centre, Suita, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takaki
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Centre, Suita, Japan; Department of Radiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Centre, Suita, Japan.
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yasuda
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Centre, Suita, Japan; Department of Radiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Centre, Suita, Japan.
authors.forename: Hisao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Centre, Suita, Japan; Department of Radiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Centre, Suita, Japan.
authors.forename: Norifumi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nakanishi
mesh_terms: D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000379:methods*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D017079:Exercise Tolerance / Q000502:physiology*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary; D011379:Prognosis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D012119:Respiration; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors
keywords: Balloon pulmonary angioplasty; Cardiopulmonary exercise testing; Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension; Exercise capacity; Ventilatory efficiency