Evaluation of the CT imaging findings in patients newly diagnosed with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The aim of this study was to evaluate the vascular and parenchymal CT imaging findings, including vessel and cardiac chamber diameter measurements, in patients newly diagnosed with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). The CT imaging findings were correlated with hemodynamic measurements and patient outcome.

Methods

Vascular and parenchymal CT findings were assessed on retrospectively ECG-gated MDCT angiography scans in 76 patients newly diagnosed with CTEPH. The diameters of the right and left ventricle (dRV, dLV), the right and left atrium (dRA, dLA), the ascending aorta (dAA), the right and left pulmonary arteries (drPA, dlPA), and the main pulmonary artery (dPA) were measured on axial CT scans. The CT imaging findings were correlated with demogra

SUBMITTER: Grosse A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6066236 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature