Tuberculous-destroyed lung: cardiovascular CT findings and prognostic imaging factors.
The purpose of this study was to evaluate cardiovascular computed tomography (CT) findings in tuberculous-destroyed lung (TDL) and to correlate these imaging features with survival. CT was assessed for the diameter of the pulmonary artery (dPA) and ascending aorta, the diameters of ventricles, ventricular septal bowing (VSB), extent of TDL, or hypertrophied bronchial artery and others. Seventy-three percent of the TDL patients had a dPA greater than 29 mm. The right ventricle (RV)/left ventricle (LV) ratio in 70% of the patients was greater than 1.0, and VSB was observed in 18%. The RV/LV ratio was the only independent risk factor for poor survival in statistical analysis.
Department of Radiology, Mokdong Hospital, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine, 911-1 Mok-6-dong Yangcheon-gu, Seoul 158-710, South Korea.
So Won
SW
Lee
Sung Shine
SS
Shim
Yon Ju
YJ
Ryu
Yookyung
Y
Kim
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D018497:Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology
Chest CT; Chronic tuberculosis; Prognostic CT finding