“Guidezilla” extension catheter combined with balloon technique for treating pulmonary artery stenosis caused by Takayasu arteritis

Yifan Wu; Jinzhi Wang; Zhihui Fu; Min Liu; Wanmu Xie; Xincao Tao; Qiang Huang; Zhenguo Zhai

Journal of Interventional Medicine (Nov 2023)

“Guidezilla” extension catheter combined with balloon technique for treating pulmonary artery stenosis caused by Takayasu arteritis

Yifan Wu,
Jinzhi Wang,
Zhihui Fu,
Min Liu,
Wanmu Xie,
Xincao Tao,
Qiang Huang,
Zhenguo Zhai

Affiliations

Yifan Wu: National Center for Respiratory Medicine, Beijing, PR China; State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Health and Multimorbidity, Beijing, PR China; National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Diseases, Beijing, PR China; Institute of Respiratory Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, PR China; Center of Respiratory Medicine, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, PR China; Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330006, Jiangxi Province, China
Jinzhi Wang: National Center for Respiratory Medicine, Beijing, PR China; State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Health and Multimorbidity, Beijing, PR China; National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Diseases, Beijing, PR China; Institute of Respiratory Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, PR China; Center of Respiratory Medicine, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, PR China; Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330006, Jiangxi Province, China
Zhihui Fu: National Center for Respiratory Medicine, Beijing, PR China; State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Health and Multimorbidity, Beijing, PR China; National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Diseases, Beijing, PR China; Institute of Respiratory Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, PR China; Center of Respiratory Medicine, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, PR China; Graduate School of Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100730, China
Min Liu: Department of Radiology, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China
Wanmu Xie: National Center for Respiratory Medicine, Beijing, PR China; State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Health and Multimorbidity, Beijing, PR China; National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Diseases, Beijing, PR China; Institute of Respiratory Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, PR China; Center of Respiratory Medicine, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, PR China
Xincao Tao: National Center for Respiratory Medicine, Beijing, PR China; State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Health and Multimorbidity, Beijing, PR China; National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Diseases, Beijing, PR China; Institute of Respiratory Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, PR China; Center of Respiratory Medicine, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, PR China; Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Fuwai Hospital Center for Respiratory and Pulmonary Vascular Diseases, Beijing, 100037, China; Corresponding author. National Center for Respiratory Medicine, Beijing, China.
Qiang Huang: National Center for Respiratory Medicine, Beijing, PR China; State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Health and Multimorbidity, Beijing, PR China; National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Diseases, Beijing, PR China; Institute of Respiratory Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, PR China; Center of Respiratory Medicine, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, PR China; Corresponding author. National Center for Respiratory Medicine, Beijing, China.
Zhenguo Zhai: National Center for Respiratory Medicine, Beijing, PR China; State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Health and Multimorbidity, Beijing, PR China; National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Diseases, Beijing, PR China; Institute of Respiratory Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, PR China; Center of Respiratory Medicine, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, PR China; Corresponding author. National Center for Respiratory Medicine, Beijing, China.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 6, no. 4
pp. 199 – 202

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Takayasu arteritis (TA) is a rare systemic vasculitis of the aorta and its primary branches, which usually occurs in young women. Due to its insidious onset and lack of specific symptoms, this disease can be easily misdiagnosed or missed. Approximately 50 % of the patients having TA with pulmonary artery involvement develop pulmonary hypertension (PH). The 3-year survival rate among patients with TA-related PH is lower than that among patients with TA alone. Early balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA) can improve the clinical symptoms and survival of patients with stable TA. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case reported in the English literature in which a “Guidezilla” catheter was used during BPA to treat stenosis and occlusion of the pulmonary artery caused by Takayasu arteritis (TA).

Published in Journal of Interventional Medicine

ISSN: 2096-3602 (Print); 2590-0293 (Online)
Publisher: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd.
Country of publisher: China
LCC subjects: Medicine
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