CT‐determined pulmonary artery to aorta ratio as a predictor of elevated pulmonary artery pressure and survival in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Respirology2017Vol. 22(7), pp. 1393–1399
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Mitsuaki Yagi, Hiroyuki Taniguchi, Yasuhiro Kondoh, Masahiko Ando, Tomoki Kimura, Kensuke Kataoka, Taiki Furukawa, Atsushi Suzuki, Takeshi Johkoh, Yoshinori Hasegawa
Abstract
Measurement of the PA:A is a useful and convenient method to predict elevated mPAP in IPF at initial evaluation. Moreover, a PA:A >0.9 was found to be an indicator of worse prognosis.
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