Research Article
Assessment of Pulmonary Artery Pulsatility by Multidetector Computed Tomography in Patients Affected by Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Pulmonary Hypertension: Preliminary Data
Table 2
Pulmonary artery features in COPD.
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COPD + PH: pulmonary artery diameter in patients with COPD and pulmonary hypertension; COPD: pulmonary artery diameter in patients with COPD and normal pulmonary artery pressure; transverse systolic : transverse systolic diameter; axial systolic : axial systolic diameter; and systolic area: sectional systolic area. Mean ± SD; : level of probability, n.s.: not significant; right: right pulmonary artery; left: left pulmonary artery; pulsatility: ratio between systolic and diastolic cross-sectional areas. Number of observations: 20 for each set. |