Chronic pulmonary embolism: diagnosis.
| Autor: | Nishiyama KH; Department of Thoracic Imaging, Hospital do Coração and DASA (Diagnósticos da América), São Paulo, Brazil., Saboo SS; Department of Radiology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Florence Building, Dallas, TX, USA., Tanabe Y; Department of Radiology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Florence Building, Dallas, TX, USA., Jasinowodolinski D; Department of Thoracic Imaging, Hospital do Coração, São Paulo, Brazil., Landay MJ; Department of Radiology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Florence Building, Dallas, TX, USA., Kay FU; Department of Radiology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Florence Building, Dallas, TX, USA. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Cardiovascular diagnosis and therapy [Cardiovasc Diagn Ther] 2018 Jun; Vol. 8 (3), pp. 253-271. |
| DOI: | 10.21037/cdt.2018.01.09 |
| Abstrakt: | Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is a complication of venous thromboembolic disease. Differently from other causes of pulmonary hypertension, CTEPH is potentially curable with surgery (thromboendarterectomy) or balloon pulmonary angioplasty. Imaging plays a central role in CTEPH diagnosis. The combination of techniques such as lung scintigraphy, computed tomography and magnetic resonance angiography provides non-invasive anatomic and functional information. Conventional pulmonary angiography (CPA) with right heart catheterization (RHC) is considered the gold standard method for diagnosing CTEPH. In this review, we discuss the utility of these imaging techniques in the diagnosis of CTEPH. Competing Interests: Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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