Findings in [99mTc]MAA SPECT/CT in the diagnosis and follow-up of pulmonary embolism after infection by SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19).
Liliana Patricia TorresTatiana Morales AvellanedaJorge Andres Narvaez GomezLiset Sanchez OrduzPublished in: Nuclear medicine review. Central & Eastern Europe (2021)
SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) infection is a current public health problem that has been shown to cause multiple complications, including pulmonary thromboembolism. The first presented case is a 59-year-old woman with a history of COPD, paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and COVID-19 infection in September 2020, consultation in December 2020 for atypical chest pain with suspected PE, AngioCT of pulmonary vessels was performed negative for emboli, subsequently [99mTc]Tc MAA SPECT/CT was indicated with a report of multiple triangular defects concerning acute pulmonary thromboembolism. A second case is a 70-year-old man with a history of dyslipidaemia, presented COVID-19 infection in September 2020 with a complication of PE with involvement of the left pulmonary artery, followed by [99mTc]Tc MAA SPECT/CT report multiple triangular and not triangles defects concerning pulmonary thromboembolism with signs of reperfusion.
Keyphrases
- pulmonary hypertension
- sars cov
- pulmonary embolism
- pulmonary artery
- public health
- atrial fibrillation
- image quality
- computed tomography
- dual energy
- contrast enhanced
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- coronary artery
- pet ct
- inferior vena cava
- coronavirus disease
- positron emission tomography
- magnetic resonance imaging
- liver failure
- heart failure
- palliative care
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- risk factors
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- acute coronary syndrome
- left atrial
- drug induced
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- cystic fibrosis
- mitral valve