TY - JOUR
T1 - Imaging of pulmonary hypertension
T2 - An update
AU - Goerne, Harold
AU - Batra, Kiran
AU - Rajiah, Prabhakar
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2018/6
Y1 - 2018/6
N2 - Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is characterized by elevated pulmonary arterial pressure caused by a broad spectrum of congenital and acquired disease processes, which are currently divided into five groups based on the 2013 WHO classification. Imaging plays an important role in the evaluation and management of PH, including diagnosis, establishing etiology, quantification, prognostication and assessment of response to therapy. Multiple imaging modalities are available, including radiographs, computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), nuclear medicine, echocardiography and invasive catheter angiography (ICA), each with their own advantages and disadvantages. In this article, we review the comprehensive role of imaging in the evaluation of PH.
AB - Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is characterized by elevated pulmonary arterial pressure caused by a broad spectrum of congenital and acquired disease processes, which are currently divided into five groups based on the 2013 WHO classification. Imaging plays an important role in the evaluation and management of PH, including diagnosis, establishing etiology, quantification, prognostication and assessment of response to therapy. Multiple imaging modalities are available, including radiographs, computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), nuclear medicine, echocardiography and invasive catheter angiography (ICA), each with their own advantages and disadvantages. In this article, we review the comprehensive role of imaging in the evaluation of PH.
KW - Computed tomography (CT)
KW - Dual-energy
KW - Hypertension
KW - Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
KW - Nuclear
KW - Pulmonary
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U2 - 10.21037/cdt.2018.01.10
DO - 10.21037/cdt.2018.01.10
M3 - Review article
C2 - 30057876
AN - SCOPUS:85049387596
SN - 2223-3652
VL - 8
SP - 279
EP - 296
JO - Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy
JF - Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy
IS - 3
ER -