Abstract
The purpose of this study was to evaluate change in the size of the main pulmonary
(PA) artery in patients with acute exacerbation of interstitial pneumonia (IP). Twenty-nine
patients underwent computed tomography at baseline and at the time of acute IP exacerbation
for the measurement of the diameters of the main PA and the ascending aorta. We found
that the diameter of the main PA was significantly larger at the time of acute IP
exacerbation than at baseline, which might reflect the alterations in pulmonary circulation.
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Publication history
Published online: February 14, 2014
Accepted:
February 3,
2014
Received in revised form:
January 25,
2014
Received:
November 7,
2013
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☆Conflicts of interest: All authors do not have any conflicts of interest to disclose.
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