Pulmonary perfusion scintigraphy: A tool to detect the presence of pulmonary artery involvement in Takayasu's arteritis

Presse Medicale

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Mekinian, Arsene ^a   Lambert, Marc ^a   Huglo, Damien ^b   Devos, Patrick ^b   Mirault, Tristan ^a   Steinling, Marc ^b   Hachulla, Eric ^a   Hatron, Pierre Yves ^a  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b University Hospital Centre of Lille   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MACROSALB TC 99M; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG PERFUSION; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; PATIENT CODING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PULMONARY VASCULAR DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERFUSION IMAGING; PULMONARY ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAKAYASU ARTERITIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856360065     PISSN: 07554982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lpm.2011.09.015     Document Type: Article

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