Fractal branching quantifies vascular changes and predicts survival in pulmonary hypertension: A proof of principle study

Heart

Volumn 97, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 1245-1249

  Moledina, Shahin ^a   De Bruyn, Annemijn ^a   Schievano, Silvia ^b   Owens, Catherine M ^a   Young, Carol ^a   Haworth, Sheila G ^b   Taylor, Andrew M ^a,b   Schulze Neick, Ingram ^a   Muthurangu, Vivek ^b  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FRACTAL DIMENSION; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANGIOGRAPHY; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTALS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; PULMONARY ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960175815     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2010.214130     Document Type: Article

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