TY - JOUR
T1 - Septic pulmonary emboli from pulmonic valvular endocarditis demonstrated by seria ventilation-perfusion lung imaging
AU - Mehta, T.
AU - Achong, D. M.
AU - Oates, E.
PY - 1993
Y1 - 1993
N2 - The evolution of multiple ventilation-perfusion mismatches on serial lung scintigraphy in a fully anticoagulated, bacteremic patient with small pulmonary infiltrates and repeatedly negative Doppler ultrasonography of the lower extremities suggested pulmonary emboli from right-sided valvular endocarditis. The demonstration of pulmonic valvular vegetations on follow-up transesophageal echocardiography supported this diagnosis. In the proper clinical setting, septic pulmonary emboli should be included in the differential diagnosis of high-probability ventilation-perfusion lung imaging.
AB - The evolution of multiple ventilation-perfusion mismatches on serial lung scintigraphy in a fully anticoagulated, bacteremic patient with small pulmonary infiltrates and repeatedly negative Doppler ultrasonography of the lower extremities suggested pulmonary emboli from right-sided valvular endocarditis. The demonstration of pulmonic valvular vegetations on follow-up transesophageal echocardiography supported this diagnosis. In the proper clinical setting, septic pulmonary emboli should be included in the differential diagnosis of high-probability ventilation-perfusion lung imaging.
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U2 - 10.1097/00003072-199301000-00003
DO - 10.1097/00003072-199301000-00003
M3 - Article
C2 - 8422712
AN - SCOPUS:0027477349
SN - 0363-9762
VL - 18
SP - 11
EP - 14
JO - Clinical Nuclear Medicine
JF - Clinical Nuclear Medicine
IS - 1
ER -