The Korean Journal of Nuclear Medicine (대한핵의학회지)

The Korean Society of Nuclear Medicine (대한핵의학회)
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Radioisotope Study in the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Arteriovenous Fistula

폐동정맥루(肺動靜脈瘻)에서 $^{99m}Tc-macroaggregated$ albumin 검사(檢査)의 의의

  • Kim, Dong-Soon (Department of Internal Medicine, Inje Medical College) ;
  • Ahn, Il-Min (Department Internal of Medicine, Korea Medical College)
  • Published : 1985.11.30
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Abstract

The radioisotope study using $^{99m}Tc-macroaggregated$ Albumin is a simple, non-invasive test for the diagnosis of pulmonary arteriovenous fistula(PAVF). It can show the presence. of the right-to-left shunt at the lung level using the dynamic study, and also the shunt fraction can be estimated. Here we presented the results of the radioisotope study on two patients with PAVF. In one patient, the cardiac catheterization was clone and calculated shunt fractions by both method were well matched.

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