Quantitative Shunt Imaging in the Evaluation of Therapeutic Surgery in a Patient With Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformation Tunc Ones, MD, Fuat Dede, MD, Refik Erdim, MD, Tanju Yusuf Erdil, MD, Sabahat Inanir, MD, Mustafa Yuksel, MD, MS, Halil Turgut Turoglu, MD, MS The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 86, Issue 2, Pages 649-651 (August 2008) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.02.020 Copyright © 2008 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Preoperative (PREOP) whole-body 99mTc-MAA scan images showed markedly extrapulmonary tracer distribution in both kidneys (1A, 1C; arrows) and brain (1A, 1B; arrowheads). Note that postoperative (POSTOP) follow-up whole-body scan image did not demonstrate extrapulmonary uptake (2). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2008 86, 649-651DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.02.020) Copyright © 2008 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Pulmonary angiography showing two pulmonary arteriovenous malformations located in the left upper lobe. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2008 86, 649-651DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.02.020) Copyright © 2008 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions