Pulmonary artery to ascending aorta ratio by echocardiography: A strong predictor for presence and severity of pulmonary hypertension.

Pulmonary artery to ascending aorta ratio by echocardiography: A strong predictor for presence and severity of pulmonary hypertension.

BACKGROUND:The pulmonary artery (PA) to ascending aorta diameter ratio (PA:A) has been evaluated in numerous studies analyzing cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) and computed tomography (CT) data. Previously, no transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) cutoffs have been published. We sought to evaluate (1...

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Main Authors: Matthias Schneider, Hong Ran, Anna Maria Pistritto, Christian Gerges, Houtan Heidari, Christian Nitsche, Mario Gerges, Christian Hengstenberg, Julia Mascherbauer, Thomas Binder, Irene Lang, Georg Goliasch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0235716

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