Progressive dilatation of the main pulmonary artery is a characteristic of pulmonary arterial hypertension and is not related to changes in pressure.

Boerrigter, Bart; Mauritz, Gert-Jan; Marcus, J Tim; Helderman, Frank; Postmus, Pieter E; Westerhof, Nico; Vonk-Noordegraaf, Anton

Boerrigter, Bart; Mauritz, Gert-Jan; Marcus, J Tim; Helderman, Frank; Postmus, Pieter E; Westerhof, Nico; Vonk-Noordegraaf, Anton.

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Boerrigter B; VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Chest ; 138(6): 1395-401, 2010 Dec.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20495109

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Hemodynamics/physiology; Hypertension, Pulmonary/diagnosis; Pulmonary Artery/diagnostic imaging; Antihypertensive Agents/therapeutic use; Blood Pressure Determination; Cardiac Catheterization/methods; Cardiac Output; Cohort Studies; Dilatation, Pathologic/diagnostic imaging; Dilatation, Pathologic/pathology; Disease Progression; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Hypertension, Pulmonary/drug therapy; Magnetic Resonance Angiography; Male; Monitoring, Physiologic/methods; Prospective Studies; Pulmonary Artery/pathology; Radiography; Reproducibility of Results; Severity of Illness Index; Statistics, Nonparametric

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Pulmonary Artery / Hemodynamics / Hypertension, Pulmonary Type of study: Diagnostic_studies / Etiology_studies / Incidence_studies / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Female / Humans / Male Language: En Journal: Chest Year: 2010 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Netherlands Country of publication: United States

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