Comparison of MRI and VQ-SPECT as a Screening Test for Patients With Suspected CTEPH: CHANGE-MRI Study Design and Rationale

Comparison of MRI and VQ-SPECT as a Screening Test for Patients With Suspected CTEPH: CHANGE-MRI Study Design and Rationale

The diagnostic strategy for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is composed of two components required for a diagnosis of CTEPH: the presence of chronic pulmonary embolism and an elevated pulmonary artery pressure. The current guidelines require that ventilation–perfusion single-ph...

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Main Authors: Florian Lasch, Annika Karch, Armin Koch, Thorsten Derlin, Andreas Voskrebenzev, Tawfik Moher Alsady, Marius M. Hoeper, Henning Gall, Fritz Roller, Sebastian Harth, Dagmar Steiner, Gabriele Krombach, Hossein Ardeschir Ghofrani, Fabian Rengier, Claus Peter Heußel, Ekkehard Grünig, Dietrich Beitzke, Marcus Hacker, Irene M. Lang, Jürgen Behr, Peter Bartenstein, Julien Dinkel, Kai-Helge Schmidt, Karl-Friedrich Kreitner, Thomas Frauenfelder, Silvia Ulrich, Okka W. Hamer, Michael Pfeifer, Christopher S. Johns, David G. Kiely, Andrew James Swift, Jim Wild, Jens Vogel-Claussen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
Subjects:
MRI
VQ-SPECT
CTEPH
PH
pulmonary embolism
diagnostic strategy
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fcvm.2020.00051/full

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