[Transvenous cardiography and pulmonalis angiography for differentiating between pathologic mediastinal shadows (author's transl)].
A technique of contrast-medium radiology of cardiac cavities and the great vessels without catheter is described. The contrast-medium (30 ml) is injected rapidly and bilaterally into the cubital veins. This is sufficient to differentiate between pathologic changes in the mediastinum of vascular of non-vascular origin and between pericardial effusion and myogenous cardiac dilation. The effectiveness of this not demanding technique is discussed on 4 cases. The risks of this investigation are not greater than those of any other method using larger amounts of contrast medium without general anesthesia.
D000792:Angiography; D003287:Contrast Media; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008482:Mediastinum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011656:Pulmonary Emphysema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
D003287:Contrast Media
Transvenöse Kardiographie und Pulmonalisangiographie zur Differenzierung pathologischer Verschattungen im Mediastinum