Semi-quantitative ventilation/perfusion scintigraphy and single-photon emission tomography for evaluation of lung volume reduction surgery candidates: Description and prediction of clinical outcome

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 734-742

  Jamadar, David A ^a   Kazerooni, Ella A ^a   Martinez, Fernando J ^b   Wahl, Richard L ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

Emphysema; Lung volume reduction surgery; Single photon emission tomography; V Q scintigraphy

Indexed keywords

PENTETATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG SURGERY; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TIME;

AEROSOLS; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PNEUMONECTOMY; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TECHNETIUM TC 99M AGGREGATED ALBUMIN; TECHNETIUM TC 99M PENTETATE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTILATION-PERFUSION RATIO;

EID: 0032775420     PISSN: 03406997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002590050444     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Ries A. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. In: Kelley WN, ed. Textbook of Internal Medicine. 3rd eds. Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven; 1997: 1979-1984.
2. Pratt PC. Emphysema and chronic airways disease. In: Dail DH, Hammar SP, eds. Pulmonary pathology. New York: Springer-Verlag 1988; 651-669.
3. Campbell EJ, Senior RM. Emphysema. In Fishman AP, ed. Update: pulmonary diseases and disorders. McGraw-Hill Inc. 1992; 37-51.
4. Ferguson GT, Cherniack RM. Management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. N Engl J Med 1993; 328: 1017-1022.
5. Murphy MF, Fishman AP. Pulmonary disorders produced by cardiac disease. In: Fishman AP, ed. Pulmonary diseases and disorders. 2nd edn. New York: McGraw-Hill; 1988; 1103- 1126.
6. Bando K, Paradis IL, Konishi H, et al. Obliterative bronchiolitis after lung and heart-lung transplantation: an analysis of risk factors and management. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1995; 110: 4-14.
7. Sundaresan S, Trulock EP, Mohanakumar T, et al. Prevalence and outcome of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome after lung transplantation. Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60: 1341-1347.
8. Brenner M, Yusen R, McKenna R, et al. Lung volume reduction surgery for emphysema. Chest 1996;110: 205-218.
9. Slone R, Gierada D. Radiology of pulmonary emphysema and lung volume reduction surgery. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996; 8: 61-82.
10. Brenner M, McKenna R, Gelb A, et al. Objective predictors of response for staple versus laser emphysematous lung surgery. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1997; 155: 1295-1301.
11. Guyatt GH, Thompson PJ, Berman LB. How should we measure function in patients with chronic heart and lung disease? J Chron Dis 1985; 38: 517-524.
12. Mahler DA. The measurement of dyspnea during exercise in patients with lung disease. Chest 1992; 101(S): 242-247.
13. Mahler DA, Weinberg DH, Wells CK, et al. The measurement of dyspnea. Contents, interobserver agreement and physiologic correlates of two new clinical indexes. Chest 1984; 85: 751-758.
14. Dubois A, Bothelho S, Bedell G, et al. A rapid plethysmographic method for measuring thoracic gas volume: a comparison with a nitrogen washout method for measuring functional residual capacity in normal subjects. J Clin Invest 1956; 35: 322-326.
15. American Thoracic Society. Chronic bronchitis, asthma and pulmonary emphysema: a statement by the Committee on Diagnostic Standards for Nontuberculous Respiratory Diseases. Am Rev Respir Dis 1962; 85: 762-768.
16. Brantigan OC, Mueller E. Surgical treatment of pulmonary emphysema. Am Surg 1957; 203: 789-804.
17. Benditt JO, Albert RK. Lung reduction surgery. Great expectations and a cautionary note. Chest 1995; 107: 297-298.
18. Parker FB Jr. Surgery in chronic lung disease. Surg Clin North Am 1974; 54: 1193-1202.
19. Cooper J. Technique to reduce air leaks after resection of emphysematous lung. Ann Thorac Surg 1994; 57: 1038-1039.
20. Slone RM, Gierada DS. Radiology of pulmonary emphysema and lung volume reduction surgery. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996; 8: 61-82.
21. Cooper JD, Trulock EP, Triantafillou AN, et al. Bilateral pneumonectomy (volume reduction) for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1995; 109: 106-119.
22. Brenner M, Yusen R, McKenna R, et al. Lung volume reduction surgery for emphysema. Chest 1996; 110: 205-218.
23. Fischer KC, Slone RM, Wang SC, et al. Preoperative lung scan findings associated with 6-month outcome in lung volume reduction surgery. Radiology 1996; 201(P): 163.
24. Slone RM, Gierada DS, Fischer KC, et al. Radiologic selection criteria for lung volume reduction surgery. Radiology 1996; 201(P): 478.
25. Mettler FA, Guiberteau MJ. Respiratory system. In: Mettler FA, Guiberteau MJ, eds. Essentials of nuclear medicine. 3rd edn. Philadelphia: Saunders; 1991; 167-170.
26. Wang SC, Fischer KC, Slone RM, et al. Perfusion scintigraphy in the evaluation for lung volume reduction surgery: correlation with clinical outcome. Radiology 1997; 205: 243-248.
27. Ashburn WL, Belezzuoli EV, Dillon WA, et al. Technetium- 99m labeled microaerosol "Pertechnegas". A new agent for ventilation imaging in suspected pulmonary emboli. Clin Nucl Med 1993;18: 1045-1052.
28. Monaghan P, Provan I, Murray C, et al. An improved radionuclide technique for the detection of altered pulmonary permeability. J Nucl Med 1991;32: 1945-1949.
29. Kazerooni EA, Whyte RI, Flint A, et al. Imaging of emphysema and lung volume reduction surgery. RadioGraphics 1997; 17: 1023-1036.