Relation between abnormalities in the chest radiograph and changes in pulmonary function in chronic bronchitis and emphysema |
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| Authors: | G. Simon N. B. Pride N. L. Jones A. C. Raimondi |
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| Affiliation: | .Departments of Radiology and Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital, London W.12 |
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| Abstract: | Chest radiographs of 101 patients with chronic airflow obstruction were assessed for evidence of over-inflation (increased retrosternal space, low diaphragm, and increased total lung capacity), pulmonary hypertension (increase in size of heart and major pulmonary vessels) and attenuation of medium-sized pulmonary vessels. The radiological abnormalities were related to the alterations in pulmonary function. |
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