Fatal Lung Scan in a Case of Pulmonary Hypertension due to Obliterative Pulmonary Vascular Disease

A young woman with pulmonary hypertension due to sclerodermatous pulmonary vascular disease died immediately following the injection of macroaggregated albumin labeled with 99Tc for a perfusion lung scan. Review of the literature suggests that patients with chronic pulmonary hypertension due to an o...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Chest 1975-03, Vol.67 (3), p.308-310
Hauptverfasser:	Child, John S., Wolfe, James D., Tashkin, Donald, Nakano, Frank
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Death, Sudden Female Humans Hypertension, Pulmonary - diagnosis Hypertension, Pulmonary - diagnostic imaging Hypertension, Pulmonary - etiology Lung - pathology Macromolecular Substances - adverse effects Pulmonary Artery - pathology Radiography Radionuclide Imaging - adverse effects Scleroderma, Systemic - complications Technetium
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