MASSIVE TRICUSPID REGURGITATION IDENTIFIED ON RENAL FLOW SCINTIGRAPHY

被引:3
作者
JACOBSON, AF
WHITLEY, MA
HARRISON, SD
CERQUEIRA, MD
机构
[1] DEPT VET AFFAIRS MED CTR,DEPT RADIOL,SEATTLE,WA
[2] UNIV WASHINGTON,SEATTLE,WA 98195
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10.1097/00003072-199110000-00012
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R8 [特种医学]; R445 [影像诊断学];
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1002 ; 100207 ; 1009 ;
摘要
A Tc-99m glucoheptonate renal flow study performed in a patient with chronic renal insufficiency and worsening congestive heart failure demonstrated evidence of massive tricuspid regurgitation, with activity appearing in a markedly dilated inferior vena cava within 4 seconds of the tracer bolus entering the right ventricle. Autopsy subsequently confirmed the scintigraphic findings, demonstrating an incompetent tricuspid valve secondary to immobilization of the posterior leaflet as a result of adhesions from a longstanding right ventricular pacemaker wire.
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