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Dec 18, 2011

PAPER OF THE WEEK

Reference Values for Normal Pulmonary Artery Dimensions by Noncontrast

Cardiac Computed Tomography: The Framingham Heart Study



Dr. Truong et al, studied 3171 asymptomatic patients and measured the main pulmonary artery transverse axial diameter. For simplicity, they established 29 mm in men and 27 mm in women as sex specific normative reference values for mPA and 0.9 for ratio PA.

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