title: 64-channel multi-detector row CT angiographic evaluation of the micropigs for potential living donor lung transplantation.
abstract: Micropigs are the most likely source animals for xenotransplantation. However, an appropriate method for evaluating the lung of micropigs had not been established. Therefore, this study was performed to evaluate the feasibility of 64-channel multi-detector row computed tomography (MDCT) to measure the diameter of the pulmonary arteries and the lung volume in micropigs. The mean diameters of the trachea, and left and right bronchi were 1.6 +/- 0.17, 1.18 +/- 0.14, and 1.1 +/- 0.11 cm, respectively. The mean diameters of the main, right, and left pulmonary arteries were 1.38 +/- 0.09, 1.07 +/- 0.26, and 0.98 +/- 0.13 cm and the diameters of right, left, and common inferior pulmonary veins were 0.97 +/- 0.20, 0.76 +/- 0.20, and 1.99 +/- 0.26 cm, respectively. The mean lung volume was 820.3 +/- 77.11 mL. The data presented in this study suggest that the MDCT may be a noninvasive, rapid, and accurate investigational method for pulmonary anatomy in living lung donors.
authors: Department of Radiology, Chonnam National University Hospital, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju 501-746, Korea.
authors: Woong
authors: W
authors: Yoon
authors: Jung Min
authors: JM
authors: Ryu
authors: Min Young
authors: MY
authors: Lee
authors: Yong Ju
authors: YJ
authors: Moon
authors: Sang Hun
authors: SH
authors: Lee
authors: Jae Hong
authors: JH
authors: Park
authors: Seung Pil
authors: SP
authors: Yun
authors: Min Woo
authors: MW
authors: Jang
authors: Sung Su
authors: SS
authors: Park
authors: Ho Jae
authors: HJ
authors: Han
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000502:physiology; D009929:Organ Size / Q000502:physiology; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000502:physiology; D013552:Swine; D013556:Swine, Miniature / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous / Q000379:methods*