Pulmonary artery enlargement (a PA:A ratio of >1), as detected by CT, was associated with severe exacerbations of COPD. (Funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; ...

Enlarged Pulmonary Artery Signals Risk for COPD Exacerbation. Jenny Powers. September 28, 2012. September 28, 2012 (Vienna, Austria) — The ratio of the diameter of the pulmonary artery to the ...

Pulmonary Artery Enlargement Predicts Exacerbation in COPD For patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), computed tomographic (CT) measurement of pulmonary artery enlargement, as ...

At cardiac catheterization the mean pulmonary-artery wedge pressure was 10 mm., and the pressure in the pulmonary artery 110/60 mm., in the right ventricle 110/25 mm. and in the brachial artery 90 ...

Ventilation–perfusion scanning demonstrated large mismatched perfusion defects and echocardiography showed right-ventricular enlargement with estimated pulmonary artery systolic pressure 75 mmHg.

Following treatment with amphotericin B lipid complex, the patient improved clinically, but low-grade fever remained. Additionally, while repeat chest CT showed the peripheral lesion was smaller ...

The pulmonary valve is located between the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery. ... One example is right ventricular hypertrophy, or heart enlargement.

Overall vessel expansion induced by a stretch of the arterial wall led to lumen enlargement immediately after balloon pulmonary angioplasty, according to results recently published in Circulation ...

(HealthDay)—For patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), computed tomographic (CT) measurement of pulmonary artery enlargement, as determined by a ratio of the diameter of the ...