Hemodynamic significance of increased lung uptake of thallium-201

Journal Article · Mon Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1982 · AJR, Am. J. Roentgenol.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2214/ajr.138.2.223· OSTI ID:5210993

Tamaki, N; Itoh, H; Ishii, Y; Yonekura, Y; Yamamoto, K; Torizuka, K; Konishi, Y; Hikasa, Y; Kambara, H; Kawai, C

To determine the hemodynamic significance of increased lung thallium-201 uptake, resting thallium images in 23 normal subjects and 90 patients with various cardiac diseases were reviewed. Significant thallium uptake in the lung was observed in 60 cases and was especially frequently in mitral valvular disease (19 of 19 cases) and in myocardial infarction (25 of 37 cases). Chest radiographs of most of these patients showed pulmonary congestion or edema (50 or 69 cases). Pulmonary wedge pressure was measured in 25 of these patients and was significantly higher than in those of normal thallium uptake in the lung. Assessment of lung thallium uptake at the time of myocardial imaging can be used as a noninvasive means for evaluation of pulmonary venous hypertension.

• Research Organization: Kyoto Univ. School of Medicine, Japan
• OSTI ID: 5210993
• Journal Information: AJR, Am. J. Roentgenol.; (United States), Journal Name: AJR, Am. J. Roentgenol.; (United States) Vol. 138:2; ISSN AAJRD
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BLOOD VESSELS
BODY
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
COUNTING TECHNIQUES
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
DIAGNOSIS
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
DIAGNOSTIC USES
DISEASES
EDEMA
ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES
HEART
HEAVY NUCLEI
HYPERTENSION
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
LUNGS
MUSCLES
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
MYOCARDIUM
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ORGANS
PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES
PATHOLOGY
PATIENTS
RADIOISOTOPE SCANNING
RADIOISOTOPES
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
SCINTISCANNING
SECONDS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
SYMPTOMS
THALLIUM 201
THALLIUM ISOTOPES
UPTAKE
USES
VASCULAR DISEASES
VEINS