Reversed ventilation-perfusion mismatch involving a pediatric patient in congestive heart failure.
Over the past 13 yr, at least 11 specific etiologies of reversed ventilation-perfusion mismatch have been reported in the literature. In this article, a case of reversed ventilation-perfusion mismatch involving a patient in congestive heart failure receiving dobutamine and milrinone therapy is presented. A brief review of the topic of reversed ventilation-perfusion mismatch is presented.
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Department of Nuclear Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Ozdemir
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D000293:Adolescent; D002316:Cardiotonic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004280:Dobutamine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D020105:Milrinone; D011652:Pulmonary Circulation / Q000187:drug effects; D012123:Pulmonary Ventilation / Q000502:physiology; D011728:Pyridones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013668:Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin; D014692:Ventilation-Perfusion Ratio / Q000502:physiology
D002316:Cardiotonic Agents; D011728:Pyridones; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013668:Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin; D004280:Dobutamine; D020105:Milrinone