Lung scintigraphy in postpneumonectomy dyspnea due to a right-to-left shunt

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1812-1815

  Durand, Emmanuel ^a   Bussy, Emmanuel ^b   Gaillard, Jean François ^b  

^a BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Dyspnea; Perfusion lung scan; Platypnea orthodeoxia; Pneumonectomy; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPNEA; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART LEFT RIGHT SHUNT; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG PERFUSION; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSPNEA; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; TECHNETIUM TC 99M AGGREGATED ALBUMIN; VENTILATION-PERFUSION RATIO;

EID: 0030707568     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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