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Can a chest ct positively rule out (or confirm) pulmonary hypertension?
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Echocardiogram: Echocardiogram better, can reasonably measure pressure. CT scan could be useful in some cases.
Answered 3/12/2020
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No: Need right heart catheterization to definitively diagnose or rule out pulmonary hypertension.
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