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ArticleEuropean heart journal. Imaging methods and practice2024

Pulmonary vascular stenosis scoring in fibrosing mediastinitis.

Yangyang Wang, Chao Bu, Mengdi Zhang, Juan Wang, Kaiyu Jiang, Mingwang Ding, Hongling Su, Xiaozhou Long, Mengfei Jia, Yu Li and 1 more

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Yangyang WangSchool of Clinical Medicine, Ningxia Medical University, No. 1160, Shengli Street, Yinchuan 750004, China.
Chao BuDepartment of Radiology, The Seventh Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, No. 628, Zhenyuan Road, Xinhu Street, Shenzhen 518107, China.
Mengdi ZhangDepartment of Radiology, The Seventh Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, No. 628, Zhenyuan Road, Xinhu Street, Shenzhen 518107, China.
Juan WangSchool of Clinical Medicine, Ningxia Medical University, No. 1160, Shengli Street, Yinchuan 750004, China.
Kaiyu JiangDepartment of Cardiology, Pulmonary Vascular Disease Center (PVDC), Gansu Provincial Hospital, No. 204, Donggang West Road, Lanzhou 730000, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8741-3750
Mingwang DingThe First Clinical Medical College of Gansu University of Chinese Medicine (Gansu Provincial Hospital), No. 35, Dingxi East Road, Lanzhou 730000, China.
Hongling SuDepartment of Cardiology, Pulmonary Vascular Disease Center (PVDC), Gansu Provincial Hospital, No. 204, Donggang West Road, Lanzhou 730000, China.
Xiaozhou LongDepartment of Radiology, Gansu Provincial Hospital, No. 204, Donggang West Road, Lanzhou 730000, China.
Mengfei JiaThe First Clinical Medical College of Gansu University of Chinese Medicine (Gansu Provincial Hospital), No. 35, Dingxi East Road, Lanzhou 730000, China.
Yu LiDepartment of Radiology, The Seventh Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, No. 628, Zhenyuan Road, Xinhu Street, Shenzhen 518107, China.
Yunshan CaoDepartment of Cardiology, Pulmonary Vascular Disease Center (PVDC), Gansu Provincial Hospital, No. 204, Donggang West Road, Lanzhou 730000, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8463-1093

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Aims: This study aims to develop a scoring system for evaluating the degree of pulmonary vascular stenosis in fibrosing mediastinitis (FM). Methods and results: A retrospective single-centre study was conducted on 56 patients with FM in China between April 2014 and August 2021. The involvement of pulmonary vessels in patients with FM was assessed using dual-phase computed tomography pulmonary angiography, and we found that 85.7% of the patients had both pulmonary artery (PA) and vein (PV) involvement. PA involvement was mainly located proximal to both the upper PA and the bilateral basal trunk levels in the lower lungs. The involvement of the superior PV was more common than that of the inferior PV, and the right inferior PV was the least involved. Most of these lesions exhibited moderate or severe stenosis. Additionally, a scoring system for evaluating the degree of pulmonary vascular stenosis was developed. A correlation analysis revealed a negative correlation between the final pulmonary vascular score and the pulmonary arterial pressure, pulmonary vascular resistance, and maximum tricuspid regurgitation velocity. The calculated score of 17.1 was the best cut-off value for the diagnosis of mild and severe pulmonary hypertension (PH). Conclusion: We successfully developed a scoring system for pulmonary vascular stenosis that can be used to evaluate the severity of pulmonary vessel involvement and PH. This scoring system may be relevant in the future development of target-based strategies for percutaneous interventions.

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fibrosing mediastinitisinterventional therapypulmonary hypertensionpulmonary vascular stenosisscoring systemseverity

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