Ventilation/perfusion scan and dead space in pulmonary embolism: Are they useful for the diagnosis?

Quarterly Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 281-286

  Giuntini, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Pulmonary embolism, diagnosis; Ventilation perfusion ratio

Indexed keywords

INERT GAS; LUNG SURFACTANT;

ATELECTASIS; BRONCHOSPASM; CARBON DIOXIDE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HYPOCAPNIA; ISOTOPE TRACING; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG DEAD SPACE; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG INFARCTION; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG PERFUSION; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG VENTILATION; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MULTIPLE INERT GAS ELIMINATION TECHNIQUE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION; RADIOISOTOPE DISTRIBUTION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAGING; TISSUE DEGENERATION; TISSUE NECROSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; DOGS; HUMANS; LUNG; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RESPIRATORY DEAD SPACE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENTILATION-PERFUSION RATIO;

EID: 0035567365     PISSN: 11243937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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