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Lung perfusion scintigraphy in patients with congenital heart disease: sensitivity and important pitfalls
- Source :
- Nuclear medicine communications. 17(1)
- Publication Year :
- 1996
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Abstract
- The lung perfusion scans requested over a 5-year period for children with known congenital heart disease were reviewed retrospectively. Altogether, 102 lung perfusion scans were performed and comparable pulmonary arteriograms were available in 63 cases. There was agreement between scintigraphy and angiography in 50 (79%) cases and discrepancy in 13 (21%) cases. Scintigraphy was more sensitive in detecting small perfusion defects, particularly those seen only on oblique views. Pulmonary arteriography was more specific in identifying the cause of the perfusion abnormalities. The two techniques yield complementary information about lung perfusion. Perfusion scintigraphy is safe in children with congenital heart disease even with known pulmonary to systemic shunting. Many pitfalls could be avoided by careful choice of injection site, by knowledge of previous surgery and comparison with relevant angiograms.
- Subjects :
- Heart Defects, Congenital
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Heart disease
Adolescent
Scintigraphy
Sensitivity and Specificity
Medicine
Humans
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging
In patient
Child
Radionuclide Imaging
Lung
Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin
Retrospective Studies
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Respiratory disease
Infant, Newborn
Infant
Reproducibility of Results
General Medicine
medicine.disease
Shunting
Radiography
medicine.anatomical_structure
Child, Preschool
Angiography
Female
Radiology
business
Perfusion
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 01433636
- Volume :
- 17
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Nuclear medicine communications
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....dbd3514379b7f61a37a0235f2ff404d6