Relative lung perfusion distribution in normal lung scans: Observations and clinical implications

Congenital Heart Disease

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 210-216

  Cheng, Christopher P ^a,b,d   Taur, Alan S ^c   Lee, Grant S ^a   Goris, Michael L ^c   Feinstein, Jeffrey A ^b  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Gender; Lung Perfusion; Pulmonary Vascular Disease; Statistics

Indexed keywords

MACROSALB TC 99M;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG PERFUSION; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; VARIANCE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33748581912     PISSN: 1747079X     EISSN: 17470803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2006.00037.x     Document Type: Article

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