REVERSED VENTILATION-PERFUSION MISMATCH INVOLVING A PEDIATRIC-PATIENTIN CONGESTIVE-HEART-FAILURE

Authors
ZUCKER I HEYMAN S OZDEMIR S
Citation
I. Zucker et al., REVERSED VENTILATION-PERFUSION MISMATCH INVOLVING A PEDIATRIC-PATIENTIN CONGESTIVE-HEART-FAILURE, The Journal of nuclear medicine, 38(11), 1997, pp. 1681-1683
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
The Journal of nuclear medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
01615505
Volume
38
Issue
11
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1681 - 1683
Database
ISI
SICI code
0161-5505(1997)38:11<1681:RVMIAP>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
Over the past 13 yr, at least 11 specific etiologies of reversed venti lation-perfusion mismatch have been reported in the literature. In thi s article, a case of reversed ventilation-perfusion mismatch involving a patient in congestive heart failure receiving dobutamine and milrin one therapy is presented. A brief review of the topic of reversed vent ilation-perfusion mismatch is presented.