Usefulness of selective contrast echocardiography and selective scintigraphy for the evaluation of pulmonary arteriovenous fistula in a patient with systemic arterial supply to a normal lung.
To determine a surgical procedure for the correction of a systemic arterial supply to a normal lung, it is important to evaluate whether the patient has a pulmonary arteriovenous fistula. In this article, the authors report for the first time a patient in which selective contrast echocardiography and selective perfusion scintigraphy from an abnormal artery clearly demonstrated and quantified the pulmonary arteriovenous fistula. The authors believe that these methods are useful in determining the appropriate operative procedure for this condition.
Masutani
Satoshi
S
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Saitama Heart Institute, Saitama Medical School Hospital, Saitama 350-0495, Japan.
Senzaki
Hideaki
H
Taketazu
Mio
M
Kobayashi
Jun
J
Kobayashi
Toshiki
T
Asano
Haruhiko
H
Kyo
Shunei
S
Yokote
Yuji
Y
D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D003287:Contrast Media; D006337:Heart Murmurs; D006801:Humans; D008026:Ligation; D008168:Lung / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods; D011300:Preoperative Care; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D013668:Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D014463:Ultrasonography
D003287:Contrast Media; D013668:Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D012965:Sodium Chloride