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Imaging of Chronic Thromboembolic Disease
- Source :
- Lung. 198(2)
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- Acute pulmonary embolism (PE) is a leading cause of cardiovascular morbidity. The most common long-term complication of acute PE is chronic thromboembolic disease, a heterogenous entity which ranges from asymptomatic imaging sequelae to persistent symptoms. Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is a rare disease that can develop in this population and represents the only treatable type of pulmonary hypertension. Recognition of the characteristic findings of chronic pulmonary embolism and CTEPH provides not only diagnostic information, but is also crucial for guiding therapy. The present state-of-the-art review focuses on the multimodality imaging features of chronic pulmonary embolism. Detailed description and illustrations of relevant imaging findings will be demonstrated for ventilation/perfusion (V/Q) scan, CT scan and Dual-Energy CT and MRI and features that distinguish chronic PE from common imaging mimics.
- Subjects :
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
medicine.medical_specialty
Hypertension, Pulmonary
Population
Computed tomography
Asymptomatic
Multimodal Imaging
Diagnosis, Differential
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
medicine
Humans
Thromboembolic disease
030212 general & internal medicine
education
Lung
education.field_of_study
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
medicine.disease
Pulmonary hypertension
Pulmonary embolism
030228 respiratory system
Radiology
medicine.symptom
Complication
business
Pulmonary Embolism
Rare disease
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14321750
- Volume :
- 198
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Lung
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....6e8d5c60b12e64365c0e41bdbf550e35