Increased pulmonary artery diameter is associated with reduced FEV
| Autor: | Rafael E, de la Hoz, Yunho, Jeon, Anthony P, Reeves, Raúl, San José Estépar, Xiaoyu, Liu, John T, Doucette, Juan C, Celedón, Anna, Nolan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male New York Middle Aged Pulmonary Artery Smoke Inhalation Injury Article Bronchodilator Agents Respiratory Function Tests Stress Disorders Post-Traumatic Pulmonary Disease Chronic Obstructive Forced Expiratory Volume Occupational Exposure Humans Female September 11 Terrorist Attacks Tomography X-Ray Computed |
| Zdroj: | Clin Respir J |
| ISSN: | 1752-699X |
| Popis: | RATIONALE: Occupational exposures at the WTC site after September 11, 2001 have been associated with several presumably inflammatory lower airway diseases. Pulmonary arterial enlargement, as suggested by an increased ratio of the diameter of the pulmonary artery to the diameter of the aorta (PAAr) has been reported as a computed tomographic (CT) scan marker of adverse respiratory health outcomes, including WTC-related disease. In this study, we sought to utilize a novel quantitative CT (QCT) measurement of PAAr to test the hypothesis that an increased ratio is associated with FEV(1) below each subject’s statistically determined lower limit of normal (FEV(1) |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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