Pulmonary artery involvement in Takayasu’s arteritis: diagnosis before pulmonary hypertension

Pulmonary artery involvement in Takayasu’s arteritis: diagnosis before pulmonary hypertension

Abstract Background This study was performed to analyze the clinical manifestations, imaging features, and prognosis of Takayasu’s arteritis (TA) with pulmonary arteritis (PA). Methods In total, 51 of 815 patients with TA were diagnosed with PA at the Peking Union Medical College Hospital from 1986...

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Main Authors: Jing Yang, Min Peng, Juhong Shi, Wenjie Zheng, Xuezhong Yu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-11-01
Series:BMC Pulmonary Medicine
Subjects:
Pulmonary arteritis
Pulmonary hypertension
Takayasu’s arteritis
Chest CT scan
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12890-019-0983-7

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