Egg and banana sign of severe pulmonary arterial hypertension

The egg and banana sign can be seen on chest computed tomography (CT) in patients with severe pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). It is identified by the presence of the pulmonary artery (PA) lateral to the aortic arch with the aortic arch being described as the banana and the PA as the egg.

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Autores principales: Veean, Satyam, Nixon, William, Keshavamurthy, Jayanth
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Postgraduate Education
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5946564/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29697088
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.231220
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spelling pubmed-59465642018-05-21 Egg and banana sign of severe pulmonary arterial hypertension Veean, Satyam Nixon, William Keshavamurthy, Jayanth Lung India Postgraduate Education The egg and banana sign can be seen on chest computed tomography (CT) in patients with severe pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). It is identified by the presence of the pulmonary artery (PA) lateral to the aortic arch with the aortic arch being described as the banana and the PA as the egg. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC5946564/ /pubmed/29697088 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.231220 Text en Copyright: © 2018 Indian Chest Society http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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title_short Egg and banana sign of severe pulmonary arterial hypertension
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5946564/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29697088
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.231220
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