July 1, 2004Open Access
Pulmonary Hypertension: CT of the Chest in Pulmonary Venoocclusive Disease
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Abstract
On the initial pretreatment chest CT scan, the presence of ground-glass opacities (particularly with a centrilobular distribution), septal lines, and adenopathy are indicative of pulmonary venoocclusive disease in patients displaying pulmonary hypertension. Caution should be exercised before vasodilator therapy is initiated in the patients whose scans show such radiologic abnormalities.