Ventilation-perfusion lung scan for the detection of pulmonary involvement in Takayasu's arteritis

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1801-1805

  Castellani, Massimo ^a   Vanoli, Massimo ^a   Calì, Giovanni ^a   Bacchiani, Giulia ^a   Origgi, Laura ^a   Reschini, Eugenio ^a   Scorza, Raffaella ^a   Gerundini, Paolo ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lung involvement; Takayasu's arteritis; Ventilation perfusion lung scintigraphy

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MACROSALB TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MALE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; FEMALE; GRAPHITE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; PULMONARY ARTERY; SODIUM PERTECHNETATE TC 99M; TAKAYASU'S ARTERITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; VENTILATION-PERFUSION RATIO;

EID: 0035212063     PISSN: 03406997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002590100648     Document Type: Article

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