Lung Ventilation-Perfusion Scan in COVID-19: Various Patterns of Perfusion Defects.
Clin Nucl Med
; 48(5): e239-e243, 2023 May 01.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2191207
ABSTRACT
ABSTRACT Although COVID-19 infection is associated with the increased risk of pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE), COVID-19 pulmonary lesions cause ventilation-perfusion (V/Q) patterns other than PTE. Although extensive research has been done to address different anatomical patterns of COVID-19, there is a knowledge gap in terms of V/Q lung scintigraphy in these patients. The purpose of this study is to demonstrate these patterns and to show how important it is to use SPECT/CT in addition to planar images to differentiate between these patterns from PTE. In the current collection, we presented various patterns of V/Q SPECT/CT abnormalities in COVID-19 patients.
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International databases
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pulmonary Embolism
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Clin Nucl Med
Year:
2023
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
RLU.0000000000004545
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