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Title: Scintigraphic perfusion patterns in patients with diffuse lung disease

Abstract

Perfusion scintigrams of 55 patients with radiographic evidence of diffuse lung disease were reviewed. Thirty-nine had acute and/or chronic changes caused by congestive heart failure, and 16 had diffuse reticulonodular disease. A normal or near-normal perfusion pattern was seen in 40/55 (73%), and this finding was equally common in the two groups. The authors conclude that perfusion scintigraphy is useful in excluding pulmonary embolism in patients with radiographic evidence of diffuse, symmetrical lung disease.

Authors:
 [1]; ; ;
  1. Duke Univ. Medical Center, Durham, NC
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
5393871
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Radiology; (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 143:1
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE; LUNGS; SCINTISCANNING; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS; ISOMERIC NUCLEI; PATIENTS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM 99; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BODY; COUNTING TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; DISEASES; DRUGS; HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LABELLED COMPOUNDS; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; ORGANS; RADIOISOTOPE SCANNING; RADIOISOTOPES; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; TECHNETIUM ISOTOPES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; 550601* - Medicine- Unsealed Radionuclides in Diagnostics

Citation Formats

Newman, G E, Sullivan, D C, Gottschalk, A, and Putman, C E. Scintigraphic perfusion patterns in patients with diffuse lung disease. United States: N. p., 1982. Web. doi:10.1148/radiology.143.1.7063731.
Newman, G E, Sullivan, D C, Gottschalk, A, & Putman, C E. Scintigraphic perfusion patterns in patients with diffuse lung disease. United States. https://doi.org/10.1148/radiology.143.1.7063731
Newman, G E, Sullivan, D C, Gottschalk, A, and Putman, C E. 1982. "Scintigraphic perfusion patterns in patients with diffuse lung disease". United States. https://doi.org/10.1148/radiology.143.1.7063731.
@article{osti_5393871,
title = {Scintigraphic perfusion patterns in patients with diffuse lung disease},
author = {Newman, G E and Sullivan, D C and Gottschalk, A and Putman, C E},
abstractNote = {Perfusion scintigrams of 55 patients with radiographic evidence of diffuse lung disease were reviewed. Thirty-nine had acute and/or chronic changes caused by congestive heart failure, and 16 had diffuse reticulonodular disease. A normal or near-normal perfusion pattern was seen in 40/55 (73%), and this finding was equally common in the two groups. The authors conclude that perfusion scintigraphy is useful in excluding pulmonary embolism in patients with radiographic evidence of diffuse, symmetrical lung disease.},
doi = {10.1148/radiology.143.1.7063731},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5393871}, journal = {Radiology; (United States)},
number = ,
volume = 143:1,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1982},
month = {Thu Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1982}
}