[Results and assessment of ventilation and perfusion scintigraphic studies following left-sided homologous lung transplantation in the dog].
Left-sided homologous lung transplantations (LTP) were carried out in 18 mongrel dogs. Exhalation and perfusion scannings took place for interpreting the ventilation and perfusion in the postoperative course. The per cent Xe133 storage and the exhalation per minute show the significant reduction of the ventilation in the transplants dependent on the duration of the postoperative interval. The compensation behaviour of the ventilation of the non-operated lung shows the compartment analysis. The perfusion index QL/QR with Tc99m decreased progressively in the postoperative course.--These investigation methods are slightly invasive. They allow the synoptic recording of the relationships between ventilation and perfusion. A differential diagnosis of complications after lung transplantations is not possible, however.
D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000502:physiology; D016040:Lung Transplantation; D008297:Male; D011184:Postoperative Period; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D014692:Ventilation-Perfusion Ratio
Ergebnisse und Wertung ventilations- und perfusionsszintigraphischer Untersuchungen nach homologen linksseitigen Lungentransplantationen am Hund.