title: Retrograde Approach in Balloon Pulmonary Angioplasty: Useful Novel Strategy for Chronic Total Occlusion Lesions in Pulmonary Arteries.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. Electronic address: kawakami.1650@gmail.com.
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: Takahide
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Arai
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Ryo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yanagisawa
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: D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D062186:Arterial Pressure; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003097:Collateral Circulation; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D011652:Pulmonary Circulation; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D011859:Radiography; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D062666:Vascular Access Devices
keywords: balloon pulmonary angioplasty; chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension; chronic total occlusion; retrograde approach