| Steal phenomenon-induced lung perfusion defects in pulmonary arteriovenous fistulas: assessment with automated perfusion SPECT-CT fusion images. | |
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PMID: 20936746 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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PURPOSE: Lung perfusion impairment in patients with pulmonary arteriovenous fistula (AVF) was evaluated by automated deep inspiratory breath-hold (DIBrH) perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)-CT fusion images. METHODS: Participants were 14 patients with a single (N=6) or multiple nodular AVFs (N=8) diagnosed by contrast-enhanced CT scan and/or pulmonary angiography. After the injection of 185MBq Tc-99m-macroaggregated albumin, a whole-body scan was obtained to quantify an intrapulmonary right-to-left shunt. Subsequently, DIBrH SPECT was obtained using the continuous rotating acquisition mode of a dual-headed SPECT system, which was automatically coregistered with DIBrH CT. The anatomic relationship between AVF and perfusion defects was assessed on the fusion images. RESULTS: The whole-body scan depicted systemic organs indicating the presence of an intrapulmonary right-to-left shunt in all the patients. DIBrH SPECT showed 34 perfusion defects in these patients, which were located at the AVF and in the surrounding lungs of the AVF on the fusion images, regardless of the absence of morphologic abnormality on CT in all the patients. These defects were considered to be caused by the 'steal phenomenon' associated with the high and fast pulmonary arterial flow to each AVF, which were more extensive and severe in the multiple AVFs compared with a single AVF (P=0.0012), occasionally extending to the entire lobe with AVF or even to the adjacent lobe. In five patients, the fusion images detected a total of six tiny AVFs with unexpectedly extensive 'steal phenomenon'-induced defects, which had been missed by other radiological imaging techniques. The summed value of the shunt index estimated by the whole-body scan and the lung perfusion defect extent estimated by DIBrH SPECT was significantly correlated with PaO2 in all the patients (P < 0.0001), with a better correlation compared with the shunt index alone. CONCLUSION: In addition to the right-to-left shunt, 'steal phenomenon'-induced perfusion defects are common in the surrounding lung of pulmonary nodular AVF and cause hypoxemia. DIBrH SPECT-CT fusion images contribute to the objective evaluation of 'steal phenomenon'-induced lung perfusion impairment in AVF and the detection of tiny, subtle AVFs that may be missed by other radiological imaging techniques. |
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Authors:
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Kazuyoshi Suga; Hideyuki Iwanaga; Osamu Tokuda; Munemasa Okada; Nobuyuki Tanaka; Naofumi Matsunaga |
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Type: Clinical Trial; Journal Article |
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Title: Nuclear medicine communications Volume: 31 ISSN: 1473-5628 ISO Abbreviation: Nucl Med Commun Publication Date: 2010 Sep |
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Created Date: 2010-10-08 Completed Date: 2011-01-18 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8201017 Medline TA: Nucl Med Commun Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 821-9 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Radiology, St Hill Hospital, Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan. sugar@sthill-hp.or.jp |
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Adolescent Arteriovenous Fistula / physiopathology, radiography*, radionuclide imaging* Automation Child Female Humans Lung / blood supply*, radiography, radionuclide imaging Male Middle Aged Pulmonary Circulation* Respiration Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon / methods* Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods* |
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