Estimation of shunt flow in coronary-pulmonary fistula by lung perfusion scintigraphy with technetium-99m macroaggregated albumin

S Komatsu; Y Sakata; Y Ueda; Y Higuchi; F Ishikura; A Hirayama; M Mishima; H Kusuoka; M Hasegawa; K Kodama

doi:10.1016/s0002-9149(98)00581-5

Estimation of shunt flow in coronary-pulmonary fistula by lung perfusion scintigraphy with technetium-99m macroaggregated albumin

Am J Cardiol. 1998 Nov 1;82(9):1158-61, A11. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(98)00581-5.

Authors

S Komatsu¹, Y Sakata, Y Ueda, Y Higuchi, F Ishikura, A Hirayama, M Mishima, H Kusuoka, M Hasegawa, K Kodama

Affiliation

¹ Cardiovascular Division, Osaka Police Hospital, Japan. komatsu@rtc.riken.go.jp

PMID: 9817507
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(98)00581-5

Abstract

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.

MeSH terms

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Aortic Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
Arterio-Arterial Fistula / diagnostic imaging*
Arterio-Arterial Fistula / physiopathology
Coronary Angiography
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Pulmonary Artery* / diagnostic imaging
Radionuclide Imaging
Radiopharmaceuticals*
Regional Blood Flow
Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin*

Substances

Radiopharmaceuticals
Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin