CT evaluation of small pulmonary vessels area in patients with COPD with severe pulmonary hypertension.
Florence CosteGaël DournesClaire DromerElodie BlanchardVéronique Freund-MichelPierre-Olivier GirodetMichel MontaudonFabien BaldacciFrançois PicardRoger MarthanPatrick BergerFrançois LaurentPublished in: Thorax (2016)
CT measurements of small vessels support a distinct vessel-related phenotype in patients with COPD with severe PH, and combined with WT and PaO2 parameters in the paw score, which may offer a non-invasive tool to select patients for RHC.
Keyphrases
- pulmonary hypertension
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- computed tomography
- end stage renal disease
- lung function
- ejection fraction
- early onset
- newly diagnosed
- contrast enhanced
- positron emission tomography
- magnetic resonance imaging
- prognostic factors
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- magnetic resonance
- air pollution
- patient reported