Pulmonary artery relative area change detects mild elevations in pulmonary vascular resistance and predicts adverse outcome in pulmonary hypertension

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 571-577

  Swift, Andrew J ^a,b   Rajaram, Smitha ^a   Condliffe, Robin ^b,c   Capener, Dave ^a   Hurdman, Judith ^c   Elliot, Charlie ^b,c   Kiely, David G ^b,c   Wild, Jim M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit   (United Kingdom)

^c SHEFFIELD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

MRI; prognosis; pulmonary artery stiffness; pulmonary hypertension; pulmonary vascular resistance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MORTALITY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PARAMETERS; PREDICTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY ARTERY RELATIVE AREA CHANGE; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION;

EID: 84866333887     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: 15360210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLI.0b013e31826c4341     Document Type: Article

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