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Advanced Imaging in Pulmonary Vascular Disease
Eileen M Harder1, Rebecca Vanderpool2, Farbod N Rahaghi1
1Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 15 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Clinics in Chest Medicine
|February 5, 2021
Summary
Advanced imaging aids in screening, classifying, and monitoring pulmonary vascular disease (PVD). Novel techniques improve understanding of PVD pathophysiology and patient risk stratification.
Area of Science:
- Cardiology
- Radiology
- Pulmonology
Background:
- Pulmonary hypertension diagnosis is invasive.
- Imaging is crucial for pulmonary vascular disease (PVD) management.
- Advanced imaging enhances PVD understanding.
Purpose of the Study:
- To review current advanced imaging techniques for PVD.
- To discuss emerging imaging methods for PVD.
- To highlight imaging's role in PVD assessment.
Main Methods:
- Review of current literature on advanced imaging in PVD.
- Discussion of novel imaging techniques.
- Focus on visualization of lung, mediastinum, and heart.
Main Results:
- Advanced imaging improves PVD pathophysiology understanding.
- Noninvasive hemodynamic assessment is enhanced.
- Patient risk stratification is improved.
Conclusions:
- Imaging is vital for PVD screening, classification, and monitoring.
- Advanced and novel techniques offer significant benefits.
- Further research into imaging modalities is warranted.
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