[The thoracic radiologic significance of the width of the azygous vein and its correlation with right atrial blood pressure].
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.
Uhl
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Abt. Radiodiagnostik, Universitätskliniken Heidelberg.
Richter
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G
Kauffmann
G
G
Herb
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P
Tuengerthal
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S
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
Die thoraxradiologische Bedeutung der Weite der V. azygos und deren Beziehung zum rechtsatrialen Blutdruck.