title: Clinical Relevance of Computed Tomography Pulmonary Venography.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  In clinical routine, the pulmonary contrast-enhanced chest computer tomography (CT) is usually focussed on the pulmonary arteries. The purpose of this pictorial essay is to raise the clinicians' awareness for the clinical relevance of CT pulmonary venography.
  
  
  METHODS
  A pictorial case series illustrates the clinical consequences of different pulmonary venous pathologies on systemic, pulmonary and bronchial circulation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Computed tomography pulmonary venography must be considered before atrial septal defect (ASD) closure and pulmonary lobectomy. Computed tomography pulmonary venography should be considered for patients with right ventricular overload and pulmonary hypertension, as well as for patients with unclear recurrent pulmonary infections, progressive dyspnoea, pleural effusions, haemoptysis, and for patients with respiratory distress after lung-transplantation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pneumology, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany. Electronic address: Silke.Braun@uniklinikum-dresden.de.
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Braun
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Platzek
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Danowski
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zöphel
authors.affiliation: Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Weise
authors.affiliation: Department of Pneumology, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kolditz
authors.affiliation: Dresden Heart Center, Department of Cardiology, University Hospital, Dresden, Germany.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Katzke
authors.affiliation: Dresden Heart Center, Department of Cardiology, University Hospital, Dresden, Germany.
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Strasser
authors.affiliation: Department of Pneumology, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Höffken
authors.affiliation: Department of Pneumology, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Halank
mesh_terms: D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D016040:Lung Transplantation / Q000379:methods; D010690:Phlebography; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D018497:Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery
keywords: CT pulmonary venography; Pulmonary circulation; Pulmonary veins