Abstract
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.
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Publication history
Published online: September 23, 2013
Accepted:
August 7,
2013
Received in revised form:
July 25,
2013
Received:
April 8,
2013
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