Cardiothoracic ratio from postero-anterior chest radiographs: A simple, reproducible and independent marker of disease severity and outcome in adults with congenital heart disease

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 453-457

  Dimopoulos, Konstantinos ^a,b   Giannakoulas, Georgios ^a   Bendayan, Isaac ^a   Liodakis, Emmanouil ^a   Petraco, Ricardo ^a   Diller, Gerhard Paul ^a   Piepoli, Massimo F ^b   Swan, Lorna ^a   Mullen, Michael ^a   Best, Nicky ^c   Poole Wilson, Philip A ^b   Francis, Darrel P ^d   Rubens, Michael B ^a   Gatzoulis, Michael A ^a,b  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiomegaly; Cardiothoracic ratio; Congenital heart defects; Radiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CARDIOMEGALY; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EBSTEIN ANOMALY; EISENMENGER COMPLEX; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEART THORAX INDEX; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEW YORK HEART ASSOCIATION CLASS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SURVIVAL RATE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878014318     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.10.125     Document Type: Article

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