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Whether the outcomes of BPA are reproducible in hospitals with limited procedural volumes remains unknown. The Japan BPA registry was designed to assess the outcomes of contemporary BPA from a nationwide perspective, including hospitals with low treatment volume.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>METHODS:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This prospective multicenter registry enrolled 1202 consecutive patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension who underwent BPA at 44 hospitals between April 2018 and March 2023. We assessed the efficacy and safety of BPA and survival rates, comparing high- and low-volume hospitals based on the BPA center definition (\u226550 procedures per year) from the seventh World Symposium on Pulmonary Hypertension.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>RESULTS:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      A total of 5207 procedures were performed. Thirty-five low-volume hospitals (79.5%) performed 40.8% of all BPA procedures. BPA significantly improved symptoms, clinical parameters, and hemodynamics (55.6% reduction in pulmonary vascular resistance), with 0.2% periprocedural BPA-related mortality. Severe lung injury (0.3%), balloon overdilatation (0.67%), and mechanical ventilation (0.3%) were less common in high-volume hospitals than in low-volume hospitals (1.3%, 1.7%, and 1.5%, respectively;\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt;0.001). In the Kaplan-Meier analysis, the survival rate of all patients at 3 years was 94.7% (95% CI, 92.5%\u201396.3%). Multivariable Cox regression analysis showed an increased mortality risk with higher right atrial pressure, and high-volume hospitals were associated with a reduced mortality risk.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>CONCLUSIONS:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This nationwide registry demonstrated the outcomes of contemporary BPA in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. No significant differences were observed in efficacy and periprocedural mortality between low- and high-volume hospitals. 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