Simple Screening of Pulmonary Artery Hypertension Using Standard Chest X Ray: An Old Technique, New Landmark

Authors

1 Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad Branch,

2 Cardiologist, Razavi Hospital,

3 Department of Radiology, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad Branch, Mashhad, Iran.

Abstract

Background: Pulmonary artery hypertension (PAH) is difficult to diagnose because of its nonspecific symptoms. Although echocardiography can reliably and rapidly recognize the presence of pulmonary hypertension, chest X ray (CXR) is