Persistent left superior vena cava detected with radionuclide angiocardiography.
A 28-year-old man presented with paresthesias, fatigue, central cyanosis, and erythrocytosis. A first pass flow study with Tc-99m as free pertechnetate was done, among other tests, to exclude a central shunt when a persistent left superior vena cava was incidentally detected. The value of radionuclide angiocardiography to examine the central circulation noninvasively was again illustrated in this case.
Otto
A C
AC
van Aswegen
A
A
Herbst
C P
CP
Kleynhans
P H
PH
Marx
J D
JD
du Toit
P
P
Lötter
M G
MG
Minnaar
P C
PC
D000328:Adult; D000790:Angiocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013670:Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
D013670:Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m