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Citation:
D'Souza D, Weerakkody Y, Shetty A, Pulmonary artery stenosis types. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 03 Feb 2023) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-1936
A pulmonary arterial stenosis refers to a narrowing of the pulmonary artery or pulmonary trunk can be classified into several types 1,2:
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type I: involving main pulmonary artery (pulmonary trunk)
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type II: involving bifurcation
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type III: multiple peripheral stenoses
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type IV: central and peripheral stenoses
See also
- 1. Weissleder R. et al Primer of Diagnostic Imaging, 3rd edition, Mosby 2003
- 2. Gay BB, Franch RH, Shuford WH, Rogers JV. The roentenologic features of single and multiple coarctations of the pulmonary artery and branches. AJR 1963;90:599 -613
- 3. Tonelli A, Ahmed M, Hamed F, Prieto L. Peripheral Pulmonary Artery Stenosis as a Cause of Pulmonary Hypertension in Adults. Pulm Circ. 2015;5(1):204-10. doi:10.1086/679727 - Pubmed
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