title: [Equilibrium radioisotope angiocardioscintigraphy in noninvasive diagnosis of chronic respiratory insufficiency].
abstract: The role and utility of equilibrium radionuclide angiocardiography was estimated in non-invasive diagnosis of patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). In 26 healthy subjects the average value of Right Ventricular Ejection Fraction (RVEF) was 54.8 +/- 7.2, versus 40.89 +/- 7.85 in 37 patients with COPD. Right heart catheterization was performed on 9 patients with COPD, randomly chosen, to analyze the correlation between RVEF values and average Pulmonary Artery Pressure (PAP) values: the correlation index was significantly high (r = 0.80). Moreover, an important agreement was observed between RVEF and PaCO2 values (r = 0.77).
authors.affiliation: Division di Medicina Nucleare e Radiolerapia, Ospedale, Sondrio.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Stiglich
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Di Lorenzo
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Barbonetti
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bonomo
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bottinelli
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Canavesi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pilatti
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001794:Blood Pressure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008173:Lung Diseases, Obstructive / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000502:physiology; D011875:Radionuclide Angiography; D015635:Radionuclide Ventriculography; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests; D013670:Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m; D013318:Stroke Volume
chemical_list: D013670:Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m
vernacular_title: L'angiocardioscintigrafia radio-isotopica all'equilibrio nella diagnostica non invasiva dell'insufficienza respiratoria cronica.