Ballooned Out the Clot‐Rescue Balloon Pulmonary Angioplasty in a Young Male Presenting With Acute on Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension

ABSTRACT Patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) can develop acute worsening due to recurrent pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE). Although pulmonary endarterectomy remains the gold standard in CTEPH, it carries high risk in those with hemodynamic instability. Balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA) is a viable option in these patients when other options including thrombolysis fail. We describe a case of acute PTE in a patient with CTEPH successfully treated with BPA.