Chest ACCP Education Calendar
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

Guest Access | Sign In via User Name/Password
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF) Free
Right arrow Submit a response
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when eLetters are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Right arrow Citation Map
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Article Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Fishman, A. J.
Right arrow Articles by Fedullo, P. F.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Fishman, A. J.
Right arrow Articles by Fedullo, P. F.

Chest, Vol 84, 679-683, Copyright © 1983 by American College of Chest Physicians

ARTICLES

Perfusion lung scans vs pulmonary angiography in evaluation of suspected primary pulmonary hypertension

AJ Fishman, KM Moser and PF Fedullo

A retrospective review of 15 patients with angiographically- or biopsy- documented primary pulmonary hypertension was performed to assess the value of pulmonary perfusion scanning in noninvasively differentiating these patients from those with potentially operable, chronic (large- vessel) thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. None of the 15 patients with primary pulmonary hypertension demonstrated a segmental or larger perfusion defect whereas such defects have been uniformly present in previous reports of patients with large-vessel thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. While perfusion scans in primary pulmonary hypertension may show certain abnormalities, the presence of segmental or larger perfusion defects should suggest the diagnosis of potentially correctable, large-vessel thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension rather than small-vessel, obliterative (primary, idiopathic) pulmonary hypertension.


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 ChestHome page
E. J. van Beers, B. L. F. van Eck-Smit, M. R. Mac Gillavry, C. F. J. van Tuijn, J. W. J. van Esser, D. P. M. Brandjes, M. C. Kappers-Klunne, A. J. Duits, B. J. Biemond, J.-J. B. Schnog, et al.
Large and Medium-Sized Pulmonary Artery Obstruction Does Not Play a Role of Primary Importance in the Etiology of Sickle-Cell Disease-Associated Pulmonary Hypertension
Chest, March 1, 2008; 133(3): 646 - 652.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Proc Am Thorac SocHome page
R. Coulden
State-of-the-Art Imaging Techniques in Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
Proceedings of the ATS, September 1, 2006; 3(7): 577 - 583.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 RadiologyHome page
J. A. Scott
Pulmonary Perfusion Patterns and Pulmonary Arterial Pressure
Radiology, August 1, 2002; 224(2): 513 - 518.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 JNMHome page
K. Fukuchi, K. Hayashida, N. Nakanishi, M. Inubushi, S. Kyotani, N. Nagaya, and Y. Ishida
Quantitative Analysis of Lung Perfusion in Patients with Primary Pulmonary Hypertension
J. Nucl. Med., June 1, 2002; 43(6): 757 - 761.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 NEJMHome page
P. F. Fedullo, W. R. Auger, K. M. Kerr, and L. J. Rubin
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
N. Engl. J. Med., November 15, 2001; 345(20): 1465 - 1472.
[Full Text] [PDF]


HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
Copyright © 1983 by the American College of Chest Physicians.