Lung perfusion characteristics in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and peripheral forms of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (pCTEPH): Dual-energy CT experience in 31 patients.

Purpose: To compare lung perfusion in PAH and pCTEPH on dual-energy CT (DECT) examinations.Materials and Methods: Thirty-one patients with PAH (group 1; n = 19) and pCTEPH (group 2; n = 12) underwent a dual-energy chest CTA with reconstruction of diagnostic and perfusion images. Perfusion alteration...

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Publicado en:European Radiology Vol. 27; no. 4; pp. 1631 - 1640
Autores principales: Giordano, Jessica, Khung, Suonita, Duhamel, Alain, Hossein-Foucher, Claude, Bellèvre, Dimitri, Lamblin, Nicolas, Remy, Jacques, Remy-Jardin, Martine
Formato: Journal Article
Publicado: Springer Nature Apr2017
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