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Signs of Pulmonary Hypertension on Chest CT
 • Main PA is dilated and larger than the
Hypertension on ... Chest CT • Main ... PHTN #ChestCT #CTChest ... #Radiology #cardiology ... #diagnosis
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Hypertension ... ChestPain #Noncardiac #Cardiology ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #causes
Algorithm for nodular pattern
The algorithm to distinguish perilymphatic, random and centrilobular nodules is the following:
- Look
Algorithm for nodular ... pattern The algorithm ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #HRCT ... #CTChest #NodularPattern
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) and Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
Definition: mean pulmonary-artery pressure > 25mmHg
Hypertension (CTEPH ... Hypertension Definition ... embolism Pathophysiology ... not specific • Chest ... recurrent VTE • RCT
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
hypertension • ... parenchyma Diagnosis ... : • HRCT (high-resolution ... chest CT) • Broncho-arterial ... #differential #diagnosis
Basic Interpretation
A structured approach to interpretation of HRCT involves the following questions:
What is the dominant HR-pattern:
reticular
nodular
high
interpretation of HRCT ... bronchiectasis) #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #HRCT #CTChest ... Interpretation #Algorithm
On the left a smoker with RB-ILD with subtle HRCT-findings.
The dominant pattern is ground glass opacification.
Additional
RB-ILD with subtle HRCT-findings ... these non-specific CT ... broad differential diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #RBILD