Estimation of shunt flow in coronary-pulmonary fistula by lung perfusion scintigraphy with technetium-99m macroaggregated albumin.
The shunt flow from the coronary artery to pulmonary arteries was evaluated in 6 patients with coronary-pulmonary fistula by lung perfusion scintigraphy with technetium-99m macroaggregated albumin. In 2 patients, whose degree of visualization of pulmonary arteries by coronary angiography was relatively high, lung perfusion scintigrams demonstrated the defects at the distal of coronary-pulmonary fistulas.
Komatsu
S
S
Cardiovascular Division, Osaka Police Hospital, Japan. komatsu@rtc.riken.go.jp
Sakata
Y
Y
Ueda
Y
Y
Higuchi
Y
Y
Ishikura
F
F
Hirayama
A
A
Mishima
M
M
Kusuoka
H
H
Hasegawa
M
M
Kodama
K
K
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001159:Arterio-Arterial Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D012039:Regional Blood Flow; D013668:Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin
D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013668:Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin