Scintigraphic demonstration of a right-to-left intracardiac shunt in a patient with massive pulmonary emboli

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 368-370

  Mody, Malay K ^a   Karvelis, Kastytis C ^a   Pantelic, Milan V ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MACROSALB TC 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG EMBOLISM; PREVALENCE; SHUNTING;

ANOXEMIA; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; TECHNETIUM TC 99M AGGREGATED ALBUMIN; TECHNETIUM TC 99M PENTETATE; VENTRICULOGRAPHY, FIRST-PASS;

EID: 0029963262     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-199605000-00003     Document Type: Article

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