Open AccessChanges in the blood vessels of the lungs in patients with acute myocardial infarction
Author(s) -
G. B. Axelrod,
N. A. Oleinik
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
kazanskij medicinskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-9359
pISSN - 0368-4814
DOI - 10.17816/kazmj90744
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , myocardial infarction , pulmonary edema , pulmonary artery , lung
Analysis of radiographs of the lungs and case histories of 80 patients who were hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction revealed a direct relationship between the width of the right pulmonary artery and the value of the Moore index on the degree of stagnation in the pulmonary circulation. These values were greatest in alveolar pulmonary edema.