CT evaluation of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension

Clin Radiol. 2012 Mar;67(3):277-85. doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2011.09.012. Epub 2011 Nov 25.

Abstract

The educational objectives of this article are to provide an overview of the computed tomography (CT) findings in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. This article reviews the key imaging findings at CT in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. After reading this article, the reader should have an improved awareness of the condition, its imaging features, and the CT imaging features associated with surgically accessible disease.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Heart / diagnostic imaging
  • Humans
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary / complications
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary / diagnostic imaging*
  • Pulmonary Artery / diagnostic imaging*
  • Pulmonary Embolism / complications
  • Pulmonary Embolism / diagnostic imaging*
  • Pulmonary Infarction / diagnostic imaging
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods