Elevated pulmonary artery to aortic ratio measured with MRI identifies patients with pulmonary hypertension

I. M. MacDonald, N. Woodhouse, D. G. Kiely, C. Elliot, I. Armstrong, G. A. Marshall, E. Van Beek (Sheffield, Lancaster, United Kingdom)

Source: Annual Congress 2005 - Advances in pulmonary radiology
Session: Advances in pulmonary radiology
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 2063
Disease area: Pulmonary vascular diseases

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