title: [The thoracic radiologic significance of the width of the azygous vein and its correlation with right atrial blood pressure].
abstract: The widths of the azygos vein were measured in 150 patients and correlated with the pressure in the right heart-atrium. We found a significant logarithmic correlation (r = 0.8) between the two parameters. Radiologic measurement of the width of V. azygos in chest radiographs or CT is useful to evaluate the function of the right heart.
authors.affiliation: Abt. Radiodiagnostik, Universitätskliniken Heidelberg.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Uhl
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Richter
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kauffmann
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Herb
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tuengerthal
mesh_terms: D016275:Atrial Function; D001401:Azygos Vein / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Die thoraxradiologische Bedeutung der Weite der V. azygos und deren Beziehung zum rechtsatrialen Blutdruck.