title: Importance of the lung perfusion scintigraphy in single lung transplantation.
abstract: Lung perfusion scintigraphy (LPS) with (99m)Tc-MAA gives valuable information about patients who will undergo a single lung transplantation. This technique makes it possible to evaluate and quantify the relative function of both lungs to select the organ to be transplanted. Once the surgery has been performed, the LPS represents a diagnostic method to study the status of the transplanted organ. Two patients who underwent single lung transplantation were studied in our hospital. In both cases, a pre-operative LPS was performed before surgery for selection of the organ to be transplanted and the scintigraphy study was performed a few months after transplantation to establish the perfusion function of the transplanted lung.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina Nuclear y Oncología, Centro de Investigaciones Médico Quirúrgicas, La Habana, Cuba.
authors.forename: N V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Rodríguez Mesa
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Guerrero Cancio
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Cordero Jiménez
authors.forename: I K
authors.initials: IK
authors.lastname: Alvarez Velázquez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D016040:Lung Transplantation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D055420:Perfusion Imaging; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011300:Preoperative Care; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013668:Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin; D019737:Transplants
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013668:Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin