[Comparison of pulmonary perfusion imaging with pulmonary angiography in diagnosis of pulmonary involvement in Takayasu's arteritis].
OBJECTIVE
To compare the diagnostic value of (99)Tc(m)-MAA pulmonary perfusion imaging with that of pulmonary angiography for pulmonary involvement in Takayasu's arteritis.


METHODS
Twenty-one patients (19 women, 2 men), with diagnosed Takayasu's arteritis and underwent both (99)Tc(m)-MAA pulmonary perfusion imaging and pulmonary angiography, were retrospectively analyzed.


RESULTS
Out of the 21 patients, pulmonary angiography detected 11 patients with pulmonary artery involvement whereas 13 patients were revealed perfusion defects by pulmonary perfusion imaging. The agreement of diagnosis by pulmonary perfusion imaging with that by pulmonary angiography existed in 19 patients (90.5%, Kappa = 0.81, P < 0.0001). There were 331 pulmonary segments consistently diagnosed by pulmonary perfusion imaging and pulmonary angiography in 378 pulmonary segments (87.5%, Kappa = 0.74, P < 0.0001).


CONCLUSIONS
Pulmonary perfusion imaging is highly accorded with pulmonary angiography in detecting the pulmonary involvement in Takayasu's arteritis. Therefore, pulmonary perfusion imaging could be used as a non-invasive screening test for the pulmonary artery involvement in Takayasu's arteritis.
Yang
Min-fu
MF
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Cardiovascular Institute and Fu Wai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100037, China.
He
Zuo-xiang
ZX
Li
Shi-guo
SG
Jiang
Xiong-jing
XJ
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography; D011875:Radionuclide Angiography; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013625:Takayasu Arteritis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013668:Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin; D055815:Young Adult
D013668:Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin