Table 4: Overview of Studies Reporting Details of Complications Associated with Balloon Pulmonary Angioplasty.
| Author and Year | N | Sessions | Mortality | AE Rate | Wire Injury | PA Dissection or Perforation | Embolisation or Stent | Reperfusion or Lung Haemorrhage | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feinstein et al. 2001[12] | 18 | 47 | 5.6% | 47% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 23% | Femoral pseudoaneurysm × 3 |
| Ogo et al. 2016[22] | 80 | 385 | 0% | 16% | 7.5% | 0.3% | 1.5% | 4.7% | Haemoptysis 4.7%, Contrast allergy × 8 |
| Ogawa et al. 2017[25] | 380 | 1,408 | 2.6% | 36.3% | NR | 3.4% | 1.3% | 17.8% | Haemoptysis 14%, intubation × 17, ECMO × 9 |
| Velazquez et al. 2019[29] | 46 | 156 | 2.1% | 28% | 2.4% | 6.4% | 0.6% | 5.8% | Haemoptysis 12.8%, intubation + ECMO × 1 |
| Brenot et al. 2019[30] | 184 | 1,006 | 2.2% | 11.2% | NR | 3.7% | 0.6% | 9.1% | Haemoptysis 7.1%, NIV 3%, intubation with/without ECMO × 4 |
| Hoole et al. 2020[18] | 30 | 95 | 0% | 10.5% | 3.2% | NR | 1% | 3.2% | Haemoptyisis 5%, femoral pseudoaneurysm × 2 |
| Maschke et al. 2019[32] | 67 | 266 | 0% | 10.9% | NR | 1.1% | 0% | 2.2% | Haemoptysis 3%, dry cough 4.1%, atrial tachycardia × 1 |
| Godinas et al. 2019[35] | 18 | 91 | 0% | 12% | 3% | 0% | 1% | 2% | Arrhythmia × 2, stress cardiomyopathy × 1 |
| van Thor et al. 2020[36] | 38 | 172 | 0% | 12% | 8% | 1.5% | 0% | 0% | Conduction disturbance/arrhythmia 1.5% |
AE = adverse event; ECMO = extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; NIV non-invasive ventilation; NR = not reported; PA = pulmonary artery.