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Review

Assessment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension by Magnetic Resonance Imaging

by
El-Sayed H. Ibrahim
1,*,
Abubakr A. Bajwa
2 and
Richard D. White
3
1
Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
2
Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Jacksonville, FL, USA
3
Department of Radiology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Tomography 2015, 1(1), 23-29; https://doi.org/10.18383/j.tom.2015.00118
Submission received: 3 June 2015 / Revised: 2 July 2015 / Accepted: 9 August 2015 / Published: 1 September 2015

Abstract

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.
Keywords: pulmonary arterial hypertension; magnetic resonance imaging; pulmonary artery; right ventricle pulmonary arterial hypertension; magnetic resonance imaging; pulmonary artery; right ventricle

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Ibrahim, E.-S.H.; Bajwa, A.A.; White, R.D. Assessment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension by Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Tomography 2015, 1, 23-29. https://doi.org/10.18383/j.tom.2015.00118

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Ibrahim E-SH, Bajwa AA, White RD. Assessment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension by Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Tomography. 2015; 1(1):23-29. https://doi.org/10.18383/j.tom.2015.00118

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Ibrahim, El-Sayed H., Abubakr A. Bajwa, and Richard D. White. 2015. "Assessment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension by Magnetic Resonance Imaging" Tomography 1, no. 1: 23-29. https://doi.org/10.18383/j.tom.2015.00118

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