Lung Ventilation-Perfusion Scan in COVID-19: Various Patterns of Perfusion Defects

F Karamian, R Sadeghi, E Askari - Clinical Nuclear Medicine, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Although COVID-19 infection is associated with the increased risk of pulmonary
thromboembolism (PTE), COVID-19 pulmonary lesions cause ventilation-perfusion (V/Q) …

Lung perfusion SPECT/CT imaging in post COVID-19 pneumonia: the spectrum of imaging findings

T Lukose, S De, R Ganga, M Ravina, D Sahu… - 2021 - Soc Nuclear Med
2002 Objectives: COVID-19 pneumonia is documented to produce pulmonary
thromboembolism. Despite achieving COVID negative status, few patients continue to be …

Ventilation/perfusion SPECT/CT findings in different lung lesions associated with COVID-19: a case series

N Cobes, M Guernou, D Lussato, M Queneau… - European journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Purpose The aim of this series of cases is to show the aspects of ventilation/perfusion single-
photon emission computed tomography combined with computed tomography (V/Q …

Are disease-related pulmonary perfusion abnormalities detectable in COVID-19 patients? Suspicious findings in a lung perfusion SPECT performed for ruling out …

R Sciagrà, F Rubino, D Malandrino… - European Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
PET/CT identifies FDG uptake, but presently there is no role for Nuclear Medicine in COVID-
19 [1, 2]. However, thrombophilia is reported, and pulmonary emboli described [3–5]. In an …

Identification and follow-up of COVID-19 related matching ventilation and perfusion defects on functional imaging using VQ SPECT/CT

O Evbuomwan, W Endres, T Tebeila… - Nuclear Medicine and …, 2023 - Springer
Purpose Available clinical data have revealed that coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is
associated with a risk of pulmonary microthrombosis and small airway disease. These …

Diagnostic importance of lung perfusion/ventilation scans in the evaluation of pulmonary embolism in COVID-19 patients: systematic review of the literature

E Rahmanipour, M Ghorbani, R Sadeghi… - Nuclear Medicine …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Objective To investigate the outcomes of ventilation/perfusion scintigraphy on the diagnosis
of pulmonary embolism in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients, we performed a …

The heterogeneity of lung perfusion patterns in SPECT/CT during COVID-19: not only embolism

L Monaco, C Crivellaro, M Cressoni, G Foti… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Dear Sir, We read with great interest the manuscript of Das et al. about the role of perfusion
SPECT/CT in the detection of pulmonary embolism (PE) in COVID-19 patients with …

Lung perfusion findings on perfusion SPECT/CT imaging in non-hospitalized de-isolated patients diagnosed with mild COVID-19 infection

O Evbuomwan, G Engelbrecht, MV Bergman… - Egyptian Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Background The aim of this retrospective study is to assess the incidence and type of lung
perfusion abnormalities in non-hospitalized patients diagnosed with mild COVID-19 …

VQ SPECT/CT in the follow up of recovered COVID-19 patients, with matched perfusion abnormalities and corresponding mosaic hypoattenuation on CT

O Evbuomwan, G Engelbrecht - 2022 - Soc Nuclear Med
2791 Introduction: Lung perfusion abnormalities are not uncommon findings in patients with
COVID-19. They could be due to pulmonary embolism (PE), lung parenchymal infiltrates …

Unusual perfusion patterns on perfusion-only SPECT/CT scans in COVID-19 patients

B Farkas, Z Képes, SK Barna, V Szugyiczki… - Annals of Nuclear …, 2022 - Springer
Purpose We aimed at examining both the incidence and extent of different lung perfusion
abnormalities as well as the relationship between them on Tc-99m macroaggregated …