Current role of imaging in the diagnosis and management of pulmonary hypertension

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 198, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1320-1331

  Mortani Barbosa, Eduardo Jose ^a   Gupta, Narainder K ^a   Torigian, Drew A ^a   Gefter, Warren B ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Management; Noninvasive imaging; Pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG HEMODYNAMICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84861632616     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.11.7366     Document Type: Review

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