A study of correlation between transhilar diameter and P pulmonale in COPD patients

<b>Background: </b> Early diagnosis and therapy of Pulmonary hypertension in COPD patients may help in retardation of progression and amelioration of symptoms. This is an attempt to diagnose the disease from X-ray chest of COPD patients, so that invasive in-vestigations can be avoided. &...

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Main Authors: Ravindran C, Padmanabhan K, Sreedhar Rejna
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2008-01-01
Series:Lung India
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Online Access:http://www.lungindia.com/article.asp?issn=0970-2113;year=2008;volume=25;issue=4;spage=145;epage=147;aulast=Ravindran