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Magnetic resonance imaging provides qualitative and quantitative assessment of pulmonary artery hemodynamics, vessel wall stiffness, and right ventricular function in pulmonary arterial hypertension.
MRI serves as a promising non-invasive modality for the qualitative and quantitative assessment of pulmonary artery hemodynamics and right ventricular function in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is characterized by elevated pulmonary artery pressure (PAP), altered pulmonary artery (PA) hemodynamics, and vessel wall characteristics that affect the right ventricular (RV) function. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has recently been considered in PAH and has shown promising results for estimating PAP, measuring PA hemodynamic parameters, assessing PA vessel wall stiffness, and evaluating RV global and regional functions. In this article, we review various MRI techniques and image analysis methods for evaluating PAH, with an emphasis on the resulting images and how they are interpreted for both qualitatively and quantitatively assessing the PA and RV conditions.
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Ibrahim et al. (2015) conducted a review in Pulmonary arterial hypertension. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was evaluated. Magnetic resonance imaging provides qualitative and quantitative assessment of pulmonary artery hemodynamics, vessel wall stiffness, and right ventricular function in pulmonary arterial hypertension.
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