Screening for portopulmonary hypertension using computed tomography-based measurements of the main pulmonary artery and ascending aorta diameters in patients with portal hypertension.
Tsuyoshi IshikawaMaho EgusaDaiki KawamotoTatsuro NishimuraRyo SasakiIssei SaekiIsao SakaidaTaro TakamiPublished in: Hepatology research : the official journal of the Japan Society of Hepatology (2021)
CT-based measurements of mPA-D and mPA-D/aAo-D have the potential to screen patients with suspicious PoPH in clinical practice focused on portal hypertension.
Keyphrases
- pulmonary artery
- blood pressure
- computed tomography
- coronary artery
- pulmonary hypertension
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- clinical practice
- positron emission tomography
- dual energy
- magnetic resonance imaging
- contrast enhanced
- image quality
- high throughput
- aortic valve
- risk assessment
- climate change
- magnetic resonance
- single cell