Accuracy of echocardiography and chest tomography for pulmonary hypertension screening in patients awaiting lung transplantation

ABSTRACT Objective To examine the accuracy of a pulmonary hypertension screening strategy based on a combination of echocardiographic data and tomographic measurements (pulmonary artery diameter and pulmonary artery diameter to ascending aorta diameter ratio) in patients with chronic lung disease re...

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Main Author: Degani-Costa,Luiza Helena (author)
Other Authors: Assis,João Paulo de (author), Gonçalves,Pedro Paulo Pisaniello (author), Gushken,Fernanda (author), Szarf,Gilberto (author), Afonso Junior,José Eduardo (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2021
Subjects:
Hypertension, pulmonary
Transplantation
Echocardiography
Tomography, x-ray computed
Thorax/diagnostic imaging
Cardiac catheterization
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-45082021000100256
Country:Brazil
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