NHS set to breathe new life into patients with chronic lung condition

Patients with a chronic lung condition are set to benefit from a €œlife-changing€ procedure that uses tiny balloons to inflate and compress blockages in the blood vessels, as it will now be routinely available on the NHS. NHS England is funding a pioneering procedure, called balloon pulmonary angioplasty, for patients who suffer from Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) €“ a form of lung disease where chronic blood clots block blood flow in the arteries, raising pressure in the lung which can cause heart failure and premature death. Patients often cannot work with the condition and need to take oxygen all