The chest CT signs for pulmonary veno-occlusive disease correlate with pulmonary haemodynamics in systemic sclerosis.
Haruka MoriyaMasaru KatoRyo HisadaKeita NinagawaMaria TadaKodai SakiyamaMitsutaka YasudaMichihito KonoYuichiro FujiedaOlga AmengualYasuka KikuchiIchizo TsujinoTakahiro SatoTatsuya AtsumiPublished in: Rheumatology (Oxford, England) (2023)
The CT signs for PVOD had positive correlation with mPAP but negative correlation with DLco in SSc patients, indicating that PAH-SSc may reflect a spectrum of pulmonary vascular disease that ranges from the pulmonary artery to the vein.
Keyphrases
- pulmonary hypertension
- pulmonary artery
- systemic sclerosis
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- interstitial lung disease
- end stage renal disease
- coronary artery
- computed tomography
- image quality
- dual energy
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- contrast enhanced
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- positron emission tomography
- rheumatoid arthritis
- sickle cell disease
- patient reported outcomes
- idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis