Quantitative perfusion imaging assessing acquired discrete peripheral pulmonary artery stenosis. 1993

J B Kinney, and T D Schofield, and I Kawabori, and S E Budd, and J M Bauman
Department of Pediatrics, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, Washington 98431-5000.

We present the case an 8-yr-old boy evaluated for anastomotic stenosis of the right pulmonary artery after surgical repair of hemitruncus at 6 wk of age. Pulmonary angiography revealed only mild narrowing and a 10-mm pressure gradient across the anastomosis, but quantitative perfusion imaging demonstrated that the right lung only received 16% of pulmonary blood flow. Subsequently, balloon angioplasty of the anastomotic site was performed, resulting in complete resolution of the stenosis and gradient. Early postangioplasty perfusion imaging demonstrated increased perfusion of the right lung to 35% of total pulmonary blood flow. It is theorized that initially a chronically hyperperfused lung may develop more capacious vessels and recruit new capillaries during the years of hyperperfusion such that a "perfect" angioplasty may result in less than symmetric perfusion. The inexpensive, noninvasive quantitative perfusion study is more sensitive and accurate in evaluating acquired (postsurgical) pulmonary artery stenoses.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D011651 Pulmonary Artery The short wide vessel arising from the conus arteriosus of the right ventricle and conveying unaerated blood to the lungs. Arteries, Pulmonary,Artery, Pulmonary,Pulmonary Arteries
D011877 Radionuclide Imaging The production of an image obtained by cameras that detect the radioactive emissions of an injected radionuclide as it has distributed differentially throughout tissues in the body. The image obtained from a moving detector is called a scan, while the image obtained from a stationary camera device is called a scintiphotograph. Gamma Camera Imaging,Radioisotope Scanning,Scanning, Radioisotope,Scintigraphy,Scintiphotography,Imaging, Gamma Camera,Imaging, Radionuclide
D002648 Child A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL. Children
D003251 Constriction, Pathologic The condition of an anatomical structure's being constricted beyond normal dimensions. Stenosis,Stricture,Constriction, Pathological,Pathologic Constriction,Constrictions, Pathologic,Pathologic Constrictions,Pathological Constriction,Stenoses,Strictures
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000714 Anastomosis, Surgical Surgical union or shunt between ducts, tubes or vessels. It may be end-to-end, end-to-side, side-to-end, or side-to-side. Surgical Anastomosis,Anastomoses, Surgical,Surgical Anastomoses
D000800 Angioplasty, Balloon Use of a balloon catheter for dilation of an occluded artery. It is used in treatment of arterial occlusive diseases, including renal artery stenosis and arterial occlusions in the leg. For the specific technique of BALLOON DILATION in coronary arteries, ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY is available. Balloon Angioplasty,Dilation, Transluminal Arterial,Arterial Dilation, Transluminal,Arterial Dilations, Transluminal,Dilations, Transluminal Arterial,Transluminal Arterial Dilation,Transluminal Arterial Dilations

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