Pulmonary artery measurements in pulmonary hypertension: The role of computed tomography

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 96-103

  Mahammedi, Abdelkader ^a   Oshmyansky, Alexander ^a   Hassoun, Paul M ^b   Thiemann, David R ^c,d   Siegelman, Stanley S ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Harry and Jeannette Weinberg Cancer Center   (United States)

^c John Hopkins Medical Instituitions   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Heart catheterization; Pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BRONCHUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874647900     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: 15360237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RTI.0b013e318271c2eb     Document Type: Article

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