Positive rate and quality assessment of CT pulmonary angiography in sickle cell disease: a case‒control study.
Ali HassanMohammed TalebWafa HasanFatema ShehabReem MakiNawal AlhamarPublished in: Emergency radiology (2023)
This study revealed a relatively low positive rate of CTPA in both SCD patients and the control group. However, SCD was significantly associated with suboptimal image quality due to inadequate contrast enhancement of the pulmonary artery. Further research is needed to identify measures that can enhance the quality of CTPA studies in SCD patients and to establish a specific imaging protocol for this patient population.
Keyphrases
- pulmonary artery
- end stage renal disease
- image quality
- pulmonary hypertension
- sickle cell disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- coronary artery
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- magnetic resonance
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- optical coherence tomography
- single cell
- contrast enhanced
- positron emission tomography
- fluorescence imaging