Detection of pulmonary lesions in patients with congenital and acquired heart disease by wedge pulmonary arteriography

The WPA provides a clinical method for detecting pathologic lesions of the small pulmonary arteries in patients with congenital or acquired heart disease. Abrupt narrowing in the caliber of 300 to 900 micra arteries is the characteristic finding in patients with severe occlusive disease of the small...

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Published inProgress in cardiovascular diseases Vol. 2; no. 1; pp. 64 - 75
Main Authors Loomis Bell, A.L., Shimomura, Sehchi, Taylor, John A., Fitzpatrick, Hugh F.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Elsevier Inc 01.07.1959
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Angiocardiography
Angiography
Heart
Heart Diseases - complications
Humans
Lung - pathology
Old Medline
Pulmonary Artery
HEART DISEASES/complications
LUNG/pathology
ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY
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Summary:The WPA provides a clinical method for detecting pathologic lesions of the small pulmonary arteries in patients with congenital or acquired heart disease. Abrupt narrowing in the caliber of 300 to 900 micra arteries is the characteristic finding in patients with severe occlusive disease of the small pulmonary arteries, as is seen in late-stage large ventricular septal defect and functionally related cardiac defects. Decreased arborization and background filling are seen in proportion to the increase in pulmonary vascular resistance in mitral stenosis. In atrial septal defect abundant arborization and background filling are found in proportion to the magnitude of the pulmonary flow.
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ISSN:0033-0620
1532-8643
DOI:10.1016/S0033-0620(59)80011-6