Diagnosing and grading heart failure with tomographic perfusion lung scintigraphy: validation with right heart catheterization.
Bart N M van BerckelMariam Al-MashatGöran RådegranMarika BajcHåkan ArhedenPublished in: ESC heart failure (2018)
Ventilation/perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography can be used as a non-invasive method to diagnose and quantify pulmonary congestion in patients with HF and is more accurate than CXR in diagnosing pulmonary congestion in the clinical setting.
Keyphrases
- heart failure
- computed tomography
- pulmonary hypertension
- contrast enhanced
- acute heart failure
- magnetic resonance imaging
- positron emission tomography
- atrial fibrillation
- high resolution
- left ventricular
- pet ct
- magnetic resonance
- mechanical ventilation
- respiratory failure
- ultrasound guided
- intensive care unit
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- acute respiratory distress syndrome