Pulmonary artery size as a predictor of pulmonary hypertension and outcomes in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 108, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1626-1632

  Shin, Stephanie ^a   King, Christopher S ^b   Brown, A Whitney ^b   Albano, Maria C ^c   Atkins, Melany ^c   Sheridan, Michael J ^b   Ahmad, Shahzad ^b   Newton, Kelly M ^d   Weir, Nargues ^b   Shlobin, Oksana A ^b   Nathan, Steven D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Fairfax Radiological Consult PC   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Pulmonary artery diameter; Pulmonary hypertension; Pulmonary to aortic artery diameter ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BODY MASS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION PRESSURE; PULMONARY ARTERY SIZE; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SURVIVAL; SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE; AORTA; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; COMPLICATION; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR;

AORTA; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84922417784     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: 15323064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2014.08.009     Document Type: Article

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