Importance of pulmonary artery to ascending aorta ratio in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Sinem IliazElif TanriverdioEfsun Gonca Ugur ChouseinSakine OzturkRaim IliazErdogan CetinkayaEmel Caglar

Published in: The clinical respiratory journal (2017)

Our study showed that PA/A was related with the number of hospitalizations and the total number of exacerbations due to COPD in 1 year. However, there was no relationship between PA/A and mortality.

Keyphrases

pulmonary artery
coronary artery
pulmonary hypertension
pulmonary arterial hypertension
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
cystic fibrosis
lung function
risk factors
drug induced