Scintigraphic demonstration of a right-to-left intracardiac shunt in a patient with massive pulmonary emboli.

Autor: Mody MK; Department of Radiology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan 48202, USA., Karvelis KC, Pantelic MV
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Clinical nuclear medicine [Clin Nucl Med] 1996 May; Vol. 21 (5), pp. 368-70.
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-199605000-00003
Abstrakt: A case of massive pulmonary embolism resulting in marked pulmonary to systemic shunting in a patient with a previously clinically inapparent ventricular or atrial septal defect is presented. The various types of unrecognized intracardiac shunts and their prevalence in the adult population are discussed.
Databáze: MEDLINE