Main pulmonary artery diameter predicts risk in PAH patients

Researchers wanted to know whether an enlarged pulmonary artery could independently predict risk in pulmonary arterial hypertension (in addition to existing risk-evaluation scores). Looking at 351 patients, they found it was a useful predictor of clinical worsening in itself. It also identified some lower-risk patients who were at a lower risk level than the existing risk scores indicated.

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