Abnormal brain perfusion demonstrated by Tc-99m MAA total-body scan in two children with complex congenital heart disease

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 297-302

  Suga, Kazuyoshi ^a,b   Kume, Norihiko ^a   Hirabayashi, Ayami ^a   Kishimoto, Keiko ^a   Hara, Akiko ^a   Matsunaga, Naofumi ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Crossed cerebellar diaschisis; Right to left shunt; Tc 99m MAA perfusion scan

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM 99M;

ARTICLE; BRAIN PERFUSION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT LEFT SHUNT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG PERFUSION; MALE; PARADOXICAL EMBOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOISOTOPE DISTRIBUTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION; WHOLE BODY SCINTISCANNING;

EID: 0031769924     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03164917     Document Type: Article

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