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Algorithm for Treatment of Chronic Thromboembolic Disease (CTEPH)
Initial Imaging for Screening - V/Q scan - 90-100%
Thromboembolic Disease (CTEPH ... 94-100% sp for CTEPH ... Balloon Pulmonary Angioplasty ... karanpdesai #cteph ... management #algorithm #cardiology
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) and Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
Definition: mean pulmonary-artery pressure > 25mmHg
Hypertension (CTEPH ... regurgitation) Diagnosis ... thromboembolic material, mosaic ... defects • Confirm diagnosis ... Pulmonary-Artery Angioplasty
Mosaic Attenuation on Chest CT
 • Variable attenuation seen on a chest CT in a lobular
Mosaic Attenuation ... • DDx: BO, CTEPH ... .2016.12.033 #Mosaic ... Lung #Pulmonary #diagnosis ... #radiology #clinical
In-stent Restenosis vs In-stent Thrombosis
 • In-stent Restenosis: Re-narrowing or blockage of a previously-treated artery by
artery by coronary angioplasty ... Thrombosis #comparison #diagnosis ... #cardiology
CT Lung Signs in Pulmonary Diseases - One Page Summary of Pulmonary Signs
 - Air Crescent
Galaxy sign - Mosaic ... Pulmonary #Diseases #diagnosis ... #differential #radiology
Mosaic attenuation
The term 'mosaic attenuation' is used to describe density differences between affected and non-affected lung
Mosaic attenuation ... The term 'mosaic ... opacity presents as mosaic ... thromboembolic disease #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #Pulmonary
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (2)
The case on the left shows an inspiratory and expiratory scan: the mosaic
expiratory scan: the mosaic ... left suggest the diagnosis ... diseases with a mozaic ... the differential diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology
On the left a patient with ground glass pattern in a mosaic distribution.
Some lobules are involved
glass pattern in a mosaic ... The differential diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... MosaicAttenuation #Mosaic
It can be difficult to distinguish these three entities.
There are two diagnostic hints for further differentiation:
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There are two diagnostic ... penicillamine) #Clinical #Radiology ... MosaicAttenuation #Mosaic