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Complete right-to-left shunt on lung perfusion SPECT results in the detection of a persistent left vena cava superior draining to the left atrium
Authors:
G Ceulemans ,
Department of Nuclear Medicine, UZ Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
H Everaert,
Department of Nuclear Medicine, UZ Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
D Verdries,
Department of Radiology, UZ Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
T Lahoutte,
Department of Nuclear Medicine, UZ Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
B Ilsen
Department of Radiology, UZ Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
Abstract
In order to exclude acute pulmonary embolism, a lung perfusion scintigraphy was performed in a 53-year-old male, with a history of Fallot’s tetralogy. He had been immobilized because of a tibial fracture and complained of worsening chest pain and dyspnea.
How to Cite:
Ceulemans G, Everaert H, Verdries D, Lahoutte T, Ilsen B. Complete right-to-left shunt on lung perfusion SPECT results in the detection of a persistent left vena cava superior draining to the left atrium. JBR-BTR. 2012;95(5):334. DOI: http://doi.org/10.5334/jbr-btr.744
Published on
01 Sep 2012.
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