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Changes in 99m Technegas ventilation lung scan in a newborn with absent pulmonary valve syndrome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 August 2006

Kazuhiro Takahashi ,
Takashi Kuwahara  and
Masayoshi Nagatsu
Kazuhiro Takahashi
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Gifu Prefecture Hospital, Gifu, Japan
Takashi Kuwahara
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Gifu Prefecture Hospital, Gifu, Japan
Masayoshi Nagatsu
Affiliation:
Cardiac Surgery, Gifu Prefecture Hospital, Gifu, Japan
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Abstract

A newborn infant with tetralogy of Fallot and absent pulmonary valve was successfully corrected in two stages. Absent pulmonary valve syndrome presenting in early infancy manifests severe respiratory symptoms that still make challenging both management and surgical treatment. This is ascribed to tracheobronchial compression by the extremely dilated pulmonary arteries, and to the resultant pulmonary obstructive lesions. We report herein the first findings of 99m Technegas ventilation lung scanning in an infant with the syndrome to assess the pulmonary obstructive lesions.

Keywords

Congenital heart diseasepulmonary obstructive lesionscintigraphy
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 11 , Issue 6 , November 2001 , pp. 673 - 675
Copyright
2001 Cambridge University Press

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