Importance of pulmonary artery to ascending aorta ratio in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Date
2018
Author
Cetinkaya, Erdogan
Iliaz, Raim
Ozturk, Sakine
Caglar, Emel
Iliaz, Sinem
Tanriverdio, Elif
Chousein, Efsun Gonca Ugur
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Abstract
IntroductionRecent articles revealed that an increased main pulmonary artery to ascending aorta ratio (PA/A) in thorax computed tomography (CT) correlated with pulmonary hypertension, and might be linked to a high probability of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations.
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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12627/25818
https://doi.org/10.1111/crj.12612
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