Scintigraphic demonstration of a right-to-left intracardiac shunt in a patient with massive pulmonary emboli.
A case of massive pulmonary embolism resulting in marked pulmonary to systemic shunting in a patient with a previously clinically inapparent ventricular or atrial septal defect is presented. The various types of unrecognized intracardiac shunts and their prevalence in the adult population are discussed.
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Department of Radiology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan 48202, USA.
Karvelis
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Pantelic
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D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006343:Heart Septal Defects / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000209:etiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000150:complications*; D013668:Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin; D016284:Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate; D015646:Ventriculography, First-Pass
D013668:Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin; D016284:Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate