Open AccessA study of correlation between transhilar diameter and P pulmonale in COPD patients
Author(s) -
Ravindran Chetambath,
KV Padmanabhan,
Rejna Sreedhar
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
lung india
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-598X
pISSN - 0970-2113
DOI - 10.4103/0970-2113.45278
Subject(s) - medicine , copd , correlation , cardiology , mathematics , geometry
Early diagnosis and therapy of Pulmonary hypertension in COPD patients may help in retardation of progression and amelioration of symptoms. This is an attempt to diagnose the disease from X-ray chest of COPD patients, so that invasive investigations can be avoided.