High Probability Ventilation-Perfusion Scan in Primary Pulmonary Hypertension

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dc.contributor.authorSharma, Sat
dc.contributor.authorLeslie, William D
dc.contributor.authorLertzman, Morley
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dc.date.issued1995-1-1
dc.date.updated2016-06-07T07:03:49Z
dc.description.abstractThe perfusion lung scan is a valuable noninvasive tool in the evaluation of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension of undetermined cause and for the exclusion of occult large-vessel pulmonary thromboembolism. Peripheral patchy defects have been reported in primary pulmonary hypertension (PPH) but there are no well documented reports of segmental or larger perfusion defects. A case of a 55-year-old male with severe pulmonary hypertension of unknown etiology who had persistent high probability perfusion scan patterns over a period of two years is reported. No evidence of thromboembolism was present on pulmonary angiography. A discussion of the case and a review of the literature on the role of lung scan in PPH are presented. Most patients with PPH have normal or low probability perfusion scans; high probability scans occur rarely.
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dc.identifier.citationSat Sharma, William D Leslie, and Morley Lertzman, “High Probability Ventilation-Perfusion Scan in Primary Pulmonary Hypertension,” Canadian Respiratory Journal, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 179-182, 1995. doi:10.1155/1995/415017
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1995/415017
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1993/31475
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dc.rights.holderCopyright © 1995 Hindawi Publishing Corporation. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
dc.titleHigh Probability Ventilation-Perfusion Scan in Primary Pulmonary Hypertension
dc.typeJournal Article
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