BPA vs. PEA in CTEPH

Surgical pulmonary endarterectomy is done by a thoracic surgical procedure by removing chronic thrombotic material by intimal dissection with patient on cardiopulmonary bypass.

Percutaneous balloon pulmonary angioplasty is performed using standard percutaneous technique to break the fibrotic clots in the pulmonary arteries using percutaneous transluminal angioplasty balloons.