Measurement of Cardio Thoracic Ratio in Hypertensive Sudanese Patients Using by Chest X-ray

Abstract

The study was done to measure the CTR of hypertensive patients using chest x-ray and effect of age of patients and duration of hypertension on CTR. Fifty patients (9 males and 41 females) were selected according to clinical diagnosis as hypertensive patients. This study was done in Alshab Teaching Hospital and Alfaisal Specialized Hospital during the period from October to December 2015. The mean of CTR in hypertensive patients was (0.536±0.0522). The results showed that there was a weak correlation between CTR and age of hypertension. The results also showed that there was a weak correlation between CTR and age of patients. The study, as well, showed that there was a weak correlation between hypertension and both CTR and age of patients although the correlation between the age and CTR is relatively stronger than between hypertension age and CTR.