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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Pulmonary Hypertension and Thromboembolic Disease

Karl-friedrich KreitnerSebastian Ley

subject

medicine.medical_specialtybusiness.industryHemodynamicsDiseasePulmonary arterial pressuremedicine.diseasePulmonary hypertensionMr imagingUnderlying diseaseInternal medicinemedicine.arterymedicineCardiologyThromboembolic diseasebusinessBronchial artery

description

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a disease group that includes a wide variety of entities leading to an increased pulmonary arterial pressure. This chapter describes the basic mechanisms that lead to PH and the possibilities of MRI in diagnosing different aspects. A MR imaging protocol is provided making MRI a comprehensive modality for the classification of the underlying disease and assessment of hemodynamics.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2008-10-27
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-34619-7_6