Research Journal of Medical Sciences
Evaluation of pulmonary hypertension using computed tomography measurement of pulmonary artery in interstitial lung disease among the patients attending the tertiary care hospital, South India
Aim of this study is to determine how accurately various measures of the PA, as viewed on HRCT, predict right heart catheterization (RHC)-confirmed pulmonary hypertension.
Methods: The present study was conducted in the Department of Radiology and 200 patients were included in the study. Patients with a CT scan within 90 days of MRI and RHC were included. In order to meet inclusion criteria, a diagnostic quality CT pulmonary angiogram (CTPA) with a slice thickness of less than 5 mm was required...