Consilium MedicumConsilium Medicum2075-17532542-2170Consilium Medicum94391Research ArticleTransluminal balloon angioplasty of pulmonary arteries in patients with inoperable chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (first experience in Russia)DanilovN. Mndanilov1@gmail.comMatchinYu. G-MartynyukT. V-FedotenkovI. S-ChazovaI. E-Russian Cardiological Scientific-Industrial Complex of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation151020151710616628122021Copyright © 2015, Consilium Medicum2015Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is a severe disease, based on the persistent violation of ventilation-perfusion ratio and increase in pulmonary vascular resistance. The only way to stop the progression of right ventricular heart failure in patients with CTEPH was thromboendarterectomy, until later. In some cases, thromboendarterectomy was contraindicated in patients with lesions of distal branches of the pulmonary vascular tree, despite the high efficiency of surgical treatment. The method of endovascular correction of thrombosis in distal branches of the pulmonary artery (transluminal balloon angioplasty) was appeared several years ago. This method demonstrated the high efficiency and safety in patients with inoperable CTEPH. This article deals with the first experience of angioplasty of pulmonary arteries application in Russia.chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertensiontransluminal balloon angioplasty of pulmonary arteriesхроническая тромбоэмболическая легочная гипертензиятранслюминальная баллонная ангиопластика легочных артерий[UK National Specialised Commissioning Team. Service Specification 2011/2012.][Kim N.H, Delcroix M, Jenkins D.P et al. Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. 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