Joseph Whitlock

Dr. Joseph Whitlock


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Academic Career Length

13Years (2014-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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31 July 2014 in Diseases
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KUKamonpun Ussavarungsi
Kamonpun Ussavarungsi
JWJoseph Whitlock
Joseph Whitlock
TLTaylor A. Lundy
Taylor A. Lundy
ICIvan D. Carabenciov
Ivan D. Carabenciov
CBCharles Burger
Charles Burger
ALAugustine Lee
Augustine Lee
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) has been found to have significant morbidity and mortality. The treatment of PH has advanced considerably with increasingly more effective and safer options. With an increasing effort to diagnose patients early, non-invasive techniques are often used to screen those patients likely to have PH. Computerized tomography (CT) chest scans are increasingly utilized in the evaluation of patients with exertional dyspnea, including those with suspected PH. The main role of the CT scan is to evaluate for any associated underlying diseases. There have been attempts to address the utility of CT to predict the presence of PH. This article reviews previously published investigations to summarize the relationship between pulmonary artery dimensions and PH to determine both the strength of the correlation and its discriminatory ability for use in clinical practice.