ANCA (Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody)-Associated Pulmonary Vasculitis Causing Pulmonary Artery Stenosis: The Value of Multimodality Imaging in the Clinical Workup

Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2021 Jul;14(7):e012484. doi: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.121.012484. Epub 2021 Jun 29.

Jing Zhang^{1

2}, Peng Wang^{1

2}, Chunxia Qin³, Li Zhang⁴, Daijuan Huang³, Yuman Li^{1

2}, Mingxing Xie^{1

2}

¹ Department of Ultrasound (J.Z., P.W., Y.L., M.X.), Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China.
² Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, China (J.Z., P.W., Y.L., M.X.).
³ Department of Nuclear Medicine (C.Q., D.H.), Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China.
⁴ Department of Thoracic and Cardiomacrovascular Surgery, Shiyan Taihe Hospital Affiliated to Hubei University of Medicine, China (L.Z.).

No abstract available

Keywords: blood pressure; dyspnea; heart rate; pulmonary artery; thrombocytosis.

Publication types

Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis / complications
Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis / diagnostic imaging*
Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis / drug therapy
Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis / physiopathology
Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic / blood
Biomarkers / blood
Computed Tomography Angiography
Echocardiography, Doppler, Color
Heart Failure / etiology
Heart Failure / physiopathology
Hemodynamics
Humans
Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use
Male
Middle Aged
Multimodal Imaging*
Predictive Value of Tests
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension / etiology
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension / physiopathology
Pulmonary Artery / diagnostic imaging*
Pulmonary Artery / physiopathology
Pulmonary Circulation
Stenosis, Pulmonary Artery / diagnostic imaging*
Stenosis, Pulmonary Artery / drug therapy
Stenosis, Pulmonary Artery / etiology
Stenosis, Pulmonary Artery / physiopathology
Treatment Outcome