Computed tomography lung parenchymal descriptions in routine radiological reporting have diagnostic and prognostic utility in patients with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension and pulmonary hypertension associated with lung disease.
Krit DwivediRobin CondliffeMichael SharkeyRobert LewisSamer AlabedSmitha RajaramCatherine HillLaura SaundersPeter MetherallFaisal AlandejaniDheyaa AlkhanfarJim M WildHaiping LuDavid G KielyAndrew J SwiftPublished in: ERJ open research (2022)
Routine clinical reports of CT lung parenchymal disease identify groups of patients with IPAH and PH-CLD with significantly different prognoses. Isolated CGG changes are not uncommon in IPAH but are not associated with worse survival.