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ArticlePulmonary circulation2023

Pulmonary artery dilatation in different causes of pulmonary hypertension.

Qunying Xi, Zhihong Liu, Changming Xiong, Qin Luo, Zhihui Zhao, Qing Zhao, Tao Yang, Qixian Zeng, Pingwei Li, Luwen Qiu

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Article in Pulmonary circulation, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Qunying XiPulmonary Vascular Diseases Ward, Fuwai Hospital Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Shenzhen China.
Zhihong LiuCenter for Pulmonary Vascular Diseases, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College Beijing China.ORCID 0000-0001-8639-6306
Changming XiongCenter for Pulmonary Vascular Diseases, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College Beijing China.ORCID 0000-0001-7468-5039
Qin LuoCenter for Pulmonary Vascular Diseases, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College Beijing China.
Zhihui ZhaoCenter for Pulmonary Vascular Diseases, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College Beijing China.
Qing ZhaoCenter for Pulmonary Vascular Diseases, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College Beijing China.
Tao YangCenter for Pulmonary Vascular Diseases, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College Beijing China.ORCID 0000-0002-5627-2457
Qixian ZengCenter for Pulmonary Vascular Diseases, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College Beijing China.
Pingwei LiPulmonary Vascular Diseases Ward, Fuwai Hospital Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Shenzhen China.
Luwen QiuPulmonary Vascular Diseases Ward, Fuwai Hospital Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Shenzhen China.
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pulmonary artery (PA) dilatation is commonly observed in patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH). However, the clinical aspects of PA dilatation in various etiology of PH remain unknown. In this study, we investigated the clinical and imaging characteristics of 1018 patients with different subtypes of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). The independent determinants for all-cause death were identified using univariate and multivariate Cox proportional hazard models. PA dilatation was identified in 88.8% of the patients, and 27.2% had a PA diameter/ascending aorta diameter ratio greater than 1.5. PA diameter was shown to be significantly correlated with hemodynamic parameters and symptom duration in idiopathic PAH patients. PA diameter only correlated with pulmonary circulation volume in patients with PAH associated with congenital heart disease. PA diameter correlated with symptom duration and right ventricular end-diastolic dimension in CTEPH patients. PA diameter correlated with right ventricular end-diastolic dimension in patients with PAH associated with connective tissue disease. Only 6-min walk distance, but not PA dilatation, predicts all-cause death independently. In conclusion, PA dilatation is a common finding in PH patients. The clinical feature of PA dilatation varies greatly between PH types. PA dilatation is not associated with all-cause death.

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clinical characteristicsclinical classificationpulmonary artery dilatationpulmonary hypertension

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