Prevalence and Clinical Implications of Pulmonary Vein Stenosis in Bronchiectasis: A 3D Reconstruction CT Study
Xin Li, Yang Gu, Jinbai Miao, Ying Ji, Mingming Shao, Bin Hu, Krzysztof Kuziemski, Padukudru Anand Mahesh · 2024
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Description
Xin Li and co-authors measure how often the pulmonary veins narrow in patients with bronchiectasis, using three-dimensional CT reconstructions. Bronchiectasis permanently widens damaged airways, and surgeons noticed narrowed veins beside shrunken lung tissue in these patients. Whether that pairing is common was unknown. Their 2024 study rebuilds the chest anatomy of patients and healthy controls from scans taken at a Beijing hospital over six years.
Software segments each vein and lobe, so widths and volumes can be compared person by person. The aim is prevalence first, then what the narrowing means for care. Venous variation had been a blind spot in a disease studied mostly through its airways. Chest physicians get numbers where they previously had impressions from the operating table.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Xin Li, Yang Gu, Jinbai Miao, Ying Ji, Mingming Shao, Bin Hu, Krzysztof Kuziemski, Padukudru Anand Mahesh |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 29 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |