Pulmonary hypertension in patients with bronchiectasis: Prognostic significance of CT signs

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 196, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1300-1304

  Devaraj, Anand ^a,b   Wells, Athol U ^a   Meister, Mark G ^a   Loebinger, Michael R ^a   Wilson, Robert ^a   Hansell, David M ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bronchiectasis; CT; Prognosis; Pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BRONCHIAL WALL THICKENING; BRONCHIECTASIS; BRONCHODILATATION; BRONCHUS DISEASE; BRONCHUS MUCUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MOSAICISM; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM;

BRONCHIECTASIS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79960477288     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.5221     Document Type: Article

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