title: [Detection and quantification of left-to-right intracardiac shunts by angiocardioscintigraphy].
abstract: The ratio of pulmonary/systemic output (QP/QS) was measured by angioscintigraphy in 70 patients from 1 to 22 years of age (average 10 years) admitted to the Department of pediatric cardiology for a left-to-right shunt. Fifty nine of these patients underwent cardiac cathetarisation and QP/QS determination by oxymetry. The correlation between the values of QP/QS calculated by the two techniques was R = 0,83 (p less than 0,001: n = 59); in 28 cases of atrial septal defect R = 0,85; in 20 cases of ventricular septal defect, R = 0,75; in 11 cases of other left-to-right shunts, R = 0,79. No significant shunt was detected in 16 patients by oxymetry and the QP/QS ratio on angioscintigraphy was less than or equal to 1,2 except in 3 cases. In 7 cases of isolated pulmonary stenosis and 4 cases of operated septal defects no shunt could be detected by isotopic investigation. We conclude that angioscintigraphy is a reliable non-invasive method of detection and assessment of left-to-right shunts. In some cases it may avoid the necessity of cardiac catheterisation. The advantages, limitations and applications of this method are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006321:Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006343:Heart Septal Defects / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D011652:Pulmonary Circulation; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging
vernacular_title: Détection et appréciation quantitative des shunts gauche-droite intracardiaques par angiocardioscintigraphie.