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.

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