Monitoring of pancreatic graft perfusion by first passage radionuclide angiography.
The perfusion of two pancreatic transplants were examined three times a week for the first five postoperative weeks by intravenous angiography using 99Tcm-pertechnetate. Worsening of the perfusion always preceded or was associated with deterioration of the pancreatic function. Accordingly, radionuclide angiography may have an important place in the systematic monitoring of pancreatic transplants in the critical postoperative period.
Thomsen
H S
HS
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Københavns Amts Sygehus i Herlev, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Rasmussen
K
K
Burcharth
F
F
Nielsen
S L
SL
D000328:Adult; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000628:therapy; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D010179:Pancreas / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D016035:Pancreas Transplantation; D011184:Postoperative Period; D011875:Radionuclide Angiography; D013670:Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m
D013670:Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m