Tracheal bifurcation angle varies widely and is influenced by left atrial enlargement, female gender, obesity, and carina location, limiting its absolute diagnostic value.
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Limits diagnostic reliance on interbronchial angle for left atrial enlargement; leaves open its incremental value after multivariable adjustment.
Nevzat Karabulut (2005) studied this question.
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