International Journal of Cardiology CT derived left atrial size identifies left heart disease in suspected pulmonary hypertension: Derivation and validation of predictive thresholds Benjamin J. Currie, Chris Johns, Matthew Chin, Thanos Charalampopolous, Charlie A. Elliot, Pankaj Garg, Smitha Rajaram, Catherine Hill, Jim W. Wild, Robin A. Condliffe, David G. Kiely, Andy J. Swift International Journal of Cardiology Volume 260, Pages 172-177 (June 2018) DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2018.02.114 Copyright © 2018 The Authors Terms and Conditions
Fig. 1 LA area region of interests in a patient with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (left) and a patient with pulmonary hypertension associated with left heart disease (right). International Journal of Cardiology 2018 260, 172-177DOI: (10.1016/j.ijcard.2018.02.114) Copyright © 2018 The Authors Terms and Conditions
Fig. 2 Correlation of left atrial (LA) area and pulmonary arterial wedge pressure (PAWP), left. And right, receiver operating characteristic curves for LA area, LA/RV area, Total PV area and LA/RA area ratio, AUC 0.854, 0.757, 0.681 and 0.601, respectively. International Journal of Cardiology 2018 260, 172-177DOI: (10.1016/j.ijcard.2018.02.114) Copyright © 2018 The Authors Terms and Conditions