title: [Intra- and extrahepatic shunts in liver cirrhosis--evaluation by means of combined invasive nuclear medicine methods].
abstract: The use of combined invasive nuclear medicine procedures allows the estimation of intra- and extrahepatic shunt volumes in patients with liver cirrhosis. The investigations were carried out after transhepatic portography and injection of 99mTc-MAA into the peripheral portal vein (hilum of the spleen) as well as into the central portal vein (hilum of the liver). A subtraction technique allowed the evaluation of shunt volumes (percentage). In 32 out of 36 patients an extra-hepatic shunt volume of 29.2% (0%-84%) and an intra-hepatic shunt volume of 23.6% (0%-81%) was found. This technique may contribute to improving the results of shunt surgery.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Nuklearmedizin, Technischen Universität Dresden, FRG.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kropp
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lackner
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Biersack
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D008102:Liver Circulation; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011169:Portal Vein; D011172:Portography / Q000379:methods; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013668:Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin / Q000008:administration & dosage
chemical_list: D013668:Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin
vernacular_title: Intra- und extrahepatische Shunts der zirrhotischen Leber--Bestimmung mittels kombinierter invasiv-nuklearmedizinischer Methoden.