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Pulmonary artery diameter: means and normal limits-assessment by computed tomography angiography.

Tim BergerMatthias SiepeBjoern SimonFriedhelm BeyersdorfZehang ChenStoyan KondovChristopher L SchlettFabian BambergAleksandre TarkhnishviliSalome ChikvatiaMartin CzernyBartosz RylskiMaximilian Kreibich
Published in: Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery (2021)
The normal mean PA diameter in a reference cohort is 32.0 (4.6) mm. Body surface area is the only influencing variable of PA diameter. The normal diameters measured and corresponding upper limits of normal revealed that a PA aneurysm should not be considered below a threshold of 45 mm.
Keyphrases
  • pulmonary artery
  • coronary artery
  • pulmonary hypertension
  • pulmonary arterial hypertension