CT Scan-Measured Pulmonary Artery to Aorta Ratio and Echocardiography for Detecting Pulmonary Hypertension in Severe COPD

BACKGROUND: COPD is associated with significant morbidity primarily driven by acute exacerbations. Relative pulmonary artery (PA) enlargement, defined as a PA to ascending aorta (A) diameter ratio greater than one (PA:A > 1) identifies patients at increased risk for exacerbations. However, little...

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Egile Nagusiak: Iyer, Anand S., Wells, J. Michael, Vishin, Sonia, Bhatt, Surya P., Wille, Keith M., Dransfield, Mark T.
Formatua: Artigo
Hizkuntza:Inglês
Argitaratua: American College of Chest Physicians 2014
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Original Research
Sarrera elektronikoa:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3971971/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24114440
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1378/chest.13-1422
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