Pulmonary artery diameter to predict pulmonary hypertension in pulmonary sarcoidosis

Eur Respir J. 2016 Feb;47(2):673-6. doi: 10.1183/13993003.01319-2015. Epub 2015 Oct 22.

Authors

Marloes P Huitema¹, Marcela Spee², Veronique M M Vorselaars³, Sanne Boerman⁴, Repke J Snijder⁴, Hendrik W van Es², Herre J Reesink⁴, Jan C Grutters⁵, Marco C Post³

Affiliations

¹ Dept of Cardiology, St Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands mp.huitema@antoniusziekenhuis.nl.
² Dept of Radiology, St Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands.
³ Dept of Cardiology, St Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands.
⁴ Dept of Pulmonology, St Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands.
⁵ Dept of Pulmonology, St Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands Division of Heart and Lungs, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.

PMID: 26493790
DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01319-2015

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Decision Support Techniques
Echocardiography
Female
Forced Expiratory Volume
Humans
Hypertension, Pulmonary / diagnosis*
Hypertension, Pulmonary / diagnostic imaging
Hypertension, Pulmonary / etiology
Hypertension, Pulmonary / physiopathology
Male
Middle Aged
Organ Size
Prognosis
Pulmonary Artery / diagnostic imaging*
Retrospective Studies
Sarcoidosis, Pulmonary / complications
Sarcoidosis, Pulmonary / diagnostic imaging*
Sarcoidosis, Pulmonary / physiopathology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Vital Capacity