The Significance of Pulmonary Artery Size in Pulmonary Hypertension

Diseases

Kamonpun Ussavarungsi²  Joseph P. Whitlock³  Taylor A. Lundy¹  Ivan D. Carabenciov¹  Charles D. Burger² 

[1] Clinical Research Internship Study Program, Mayo Clinic, San Pablo Road, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA; E-Mails:;Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic, 4500 San Pablo Road, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA; E-Mails:;Diagnostic Radiology, Mayo Clinic, 4500 San Pablo Road, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA; E-Mail:

关键词: pulmonary hypertension;    pulmonary artery diameter;    computed tomography;    lung;    diagnosis;    screening;   

DOI  :  10.3390/diseases2030243

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) has been found to have significant morbidity and mortality. The treatment of PH has advanced considerably with increasingly more effective and safer options. With an increasing effort to diagnose patients early, non-invasive techniques are often used to screen those patients likely to have PH. Computerized tomography (CT) chest scans are increasingly utilized in the evaluation of patients with exertional dyspnea, including those with suspected PH. The main role of the CT scan is to evaluate for any associated underlying diseases. There have been attempts to address the utility of CT to predict the presence of PH. This article reviews previously published investigations to summarize the relationship between pulmonary artery dimensions and PH to determine both the strength of the correlation and its discriminatory ability for use in clinical practice.

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