title: Prediction of postoperative loss of lung function in patients with malignant lung mass. Quantitative regional ventilation-perfusion scanning.
abstract: The quantitative measurement of regional ventilation and perfusion distribution is simply and reliably accomplished by using routinely available radioactive gas and perfusion lung scanning agents, and a large field-of-view gamma camera with an on-line computer. The preoperative prediction of postsurgical loss in lung function can be made accurately by using the quantitative ventilation-perfusion lung scan technique. Either a regional ventilation study or perfusion study may be used for the prediction, but analysis of regional ventilation distribution appears to be a better parameter than that of perfusion distribution for the prediction of postoperative loss of FEV1. In the rare case of a patient with a marked ventilation-perfusion deficit, quantitative distribution of both ventilation and perfusion may be needed for an accurate assessment of postsurgical lung function.
authors.affiliation: University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington.
authors.forename: U Y
authors.initials: UY
authors.lastname: Ryo
mesh_terms: D005541:Forced Expiratory Volume; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D015656:Respiratory Mechanics; D014692:Ventilation-Perfusion Ratio; D014797:Vital Capacity; D014980:Xenon Radioisotopes
chemical_list: D014980:Xenon Radioisotopes