The added value of lung perfusion scintigraphy semiquantitative measures in post-COVID patients with persistent dyspnea without pulmonary embolism.
Francesco LanfranchiSara MaggioCarlo DelucchiFrancesca BertoldiFerdinando CoricaMaria Silvia De FeoCecilia MariniTeresita AloèViviana FrantellizziGiuseppe De VincentisSilvia MorbelliGianmario SambucetiEmanuela BarisioneMatteo BaucknehtPublished in: Expert review of medical devices (2023)
In post-COVID dyspnea without PE, lung perfusion scintigraphy may reveal a pulmonary involvement not detectable by hrCT. Post-COVID patients may show decreased perfusion rates of lower pulmonary fields in the presence of normal vascular density and markers of inflammation/coagulation.