title: Balloon pulmonary angioplasty using contrast agents improves impaired renal function in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Mai
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. Electronic address: m.kataoka09@z5.keio.jp.
authors.forename: Masaharu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kataoka
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawakami
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Taku
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Inohara
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takei
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Keiichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fukuda
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography / Q000379:methods; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000379:methods*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003287:Contrast Media; D005260:Female; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D007564:Japan; D007677:Kidney Function Tests; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media
keywords: Balloon pulmonary angioplasty; Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension; Renal function