Pulmonary hypertension.
Conventional radiography reflects the underlying cause of pulmonary hypertension and may help to distinguish between precapillary and postcapillary etiologies. Adjunctive nuclear medicine studies may aid in identifying chronic pulmonary emboli as a cause of precapillary hypertension.
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Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.
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D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging