Clinical ResearchPulmonary Edema Predictive Scoring Index (PEPSI), a New Index to Predict Risk of Reperfusion Pulmonary Edema and Improvement of Hemodynamics in Percutaneous Transluminal Pulmonary Angioplasty
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Key Words
chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
flow appearance
percutaneous transluminal pulmonary angioplasty
reperfusion pulmonary edema
Abbreviations and Acronyms
BNP
B-type natriuretic peptide
CI
confidence interval
CO
cardiac output
CTEPH
chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
PAP
pulmonary arterial pressure
PAWP
pulmonary artery wedge pressure
PEPSI
Pulmonary Edema Predictive Scoring Index
PTPA
percutaneous transluminal pulmonary angioplasty
PVR
pulmonary vascular resistance
RAP
right atrial pressure
ROC
receiver-operating characteristic
RPE
reperfusion pulmonary edema
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The authors have reported that they have no relationships relevant to the contents of this paper to disclose. Drs. Inami and Kataoka contributed equally to this work.
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