Pulmonary arterial hypertension complicating congenital heart disease: advances in therapy

H Nashat, M Brida, LS Price, C McCabe… - … in respiratory and …, 2017 - thieme-connect.com
Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most common inborn defect, affecting approximately
1% of all newborns worldwide. Advances in its diagnosis and treatment have led to dramatic …

Automatic estimation of heart boundaries and cardiothoracic ratio from chest x-ray images

AH Dallal, C Agarwal, MR Arbabshirani… - Medical Imaging …, 2017 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Cardiothoracic ratio (CTR) is a widely used radiographic index to assess heart size on chest
X-rays (CXRs). Recent studies have suggested that also two-dimensional CTR might …

[HTML][HTML] Association between serum aluminum levels and cardiothoracic ratio in patients on chronic hemodialysis

TL Wang, YW Fang, JG Leu, MH Tsai - Plos one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
The cardiothoracic ratio (CTR) and serum aluminum levels are both associated with
mortality in hemodialysis patients. However, limited data regarding the association between …

[HTML][HTML] The spectrum of pulmonary arterial hypertension in adults with congenital heart disease: management from a physician and nurse specialist perspective

K Dimopoulos, C Harries, L Parfitt - Journal of Congenital Cardiology, 2017 - Springer
Congenital heart disease (CHD) is one of the most common causes of pulmonary arterial
hypertension (PAH), with a prevalence nearing that of idiopathic PAH in registries. Despite …

Fully automated calculation of cardiothoracic ratio in digital chest radiographs

L Cong, L Jiang, G Chen, Q Li - Medical Imaging 2017 …, 2017 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The calculation of Cardiothoracic Ratio (CTR) in digital chest radiographs would be useful
for cardiac anomaly assessment and heart enlargement related disease indication. The …

The Role of Plain Chest Radiography and Computed Tomography

ED Nicol, MB Rubens - Pulmonary Hypertension in Adult Congenital Heart …, 2017 - Springer
X-ray imaging remains a key component of the investigation of patients with pulmonary
hypertension (PH) and pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), with both plain chest …

Prognostication in PAH–CHD

A Kempny - Pulmonary Hypertension in Adult Congenital Heart …, 2017 - Springer
Patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with congenital heart disease
(PAH–CHD), particularly those with Eisenmenger syndrome (ES), are significantly impaired …

Conservative Management and Recommendations for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Related to Congenital Heart Disease

H Nashat, SJ Fitzsimmons, C Harries… - … Hypertension in Adult …, 2017 - Springer
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in congenital heart disease (PAH–CHD) is the result
of numerous pathomechanistic pathways affecting the pulmonary vascular bed and leading …

La patología cardiaca adquirida del adulto:¿ qué se puede decir con la radiografía de tórax?

MT Pérez, MRR Mondéjar - Radiología, 2017 - Elsevier
En los últimos 25-30 años se ha producido un enorme avance en las técnicas de imagen
aplicadas al diagnóstico de la patología cardiaca (ecocardiografía, cardio-RM, angio-TC …

[引用][C] Evaluating cardiomegaly by radiological cardiothoracic ratio as compared to conventional echocardiography

OA Centurión, KE Scavenius, LM Miño, OR Sequeira - J Cardiol Curr Res, 2017