Utility of CT for predicting pulmonary hypertension in patients with parenchymal lung disease similar results, different conclusion?

Chest

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1053-1054

  Chen, Hubert ^a,c   De Marco, Teresa ^a   Golden, Jeffrey A ^a   Gould, Michael K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERY DIAMETER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION;

EID: 42149166642     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.07-2761     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

1. Zisman DA, Karlamangla AS, Ross DJ, et al. High-resolution chest CT findings do not predict the presence of pulmonary hypertension in advanced idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Chest 2007; 132:773-779
2. Tan RT, Kuzo R, Goodman LR, et al. Utility of CT scan evaluation for predicting pulmonary hypertension in patients with parenchymal lung disease: medical College of Wisconsin Lung Transplant Group. Chest 1998; 113:1250-1256