Scintigraphic diagnosis of a right to left shunt in end-stage lung disease

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 549-554

  Graves, M W ^a   Kiratli, P O ^a   Mozley, D ^a   Palevsky, H ^a   Zukerberg, B ^a   Alavi, A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

End stage lung disease; Lung transplant; Vascular shunt; Vq scans

Indexed keywords

MACROSALB TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG INSUFFICIENCY; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SPIROMETRY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT T TEST;

EID: 0037406560     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/rmed.2003.1481     Document Type: Article

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