TANAFFOS (Respiration)

TANAFFOS (Respiration)

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