Keywords:
Embolism / Thrombosis, Contrast agent-intravenous, CT-Angiography, Pulmonary vessels
Authors:
A. S. Menon, J. A. Abdulkarim; Nuneaton/UK
DOI:
10.1594/ecr2018/C-1402
Results
• The study measured main,
right and left pulmonary artery opacification in 65patients ranging 29-90years and found pulmonary opacification of>250Hu in all pulmonary trunks.
• The mean opacification values in main,
right and left pulmonary artery were noted to be 502.2,510.38 and 510.49 respectively.
• Pearson coefficient of age versus main pulmonary trunk opacification was 0.4554(p=0.000138),
which points a positive correlation.
• Graph 1.
shows correlation of increasing opacification of the pulmonary artery with increasing age.For example,
Figure 2.
Shows an elderly patient with excellent opacification of the pulmonary arteries in contrast to Figure 3 showing diagnostic but reduced opacification of the pulmonary arteries in a younger patient.