title: Balloon pulmonary angioplasty attenuates ongoing myocardial damage 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: kohno.a2@keio.jp.
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kohno
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: Masaharu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kataoka
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: Toshimitsu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsugu
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Mitsushige
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Murata
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Yuichiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Maekawa
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Keiichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fukuda
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*
keywords: Balloon pulmonary angioplasty; Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension; High-sensitivity troponin T