Reference values for normal pulmonary artery dimensions by noncontrast cardiac computed tomography the framingham heart study

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 147-154

  Truong, Quynh A ^a   Massaro, Joseph M ^b   Rogers, Ian S ^a,c   Mahabadi, Amir A ^a,d   Kriegel, Matthias F ^a   Fox, Caroline S ^e   O'Donnell, Christopher J ^a,e   Hoffmann, Udo ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^e FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Framingham Heart Study; Pulmonary artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CARDIAC COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; REFERENCE VALUE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHY; SEX RATIO;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PULMONARY ARTERY; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84858330029     PISSN: 19419651     EISSN: 19420080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.111.968610     Document Type: Article

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