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Even non-expert radiologists report chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) on CT pulmonary angiography with high sensitivity and almost perfect agreement.

Jan HrdlickaMartin JurkaBianka BircakovaDavid AmbrozPavel JansaAndrea BurgetovaLukas Lambert
Published in: European radiology (2023)
• CT pulmonary angiography has high sensitivity and specificity in detecting chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) and almost perfect interobserver agreement among radiologists of different levels of expertise. • Substantial agreement exists in the assessment of mosaic attenuation, right heart overload, and bronchial artery hypertrophy, which are the best predictors of CTEPH.
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