Descriptions of lung parenchyma in CT imaging may help predict outcomes for idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH) and pulmonary hypertension-associated with chronic lung disease (PH-CLD), reveals recent research published in ERJ. The study analysed 660 patients who met inclusion criteria out of 5643 patients diagnosed with all forms of PH between 2001 and 2019, and found that routine radiological reporting of CT scans in patients with potential IPAH or PH-CLD can have significant utility in clinical practice, especially when emphysema or fibrosis are present. The researchers said that further studies in this regard can help refine diagnostic and prognostic processes for subtypes of PH that have historically been difficult to diagnose.