[Indications for digital subtraction angiography of the pulmonary vessels]

Different indications of pulmonary DSA are discussed based on experiences in 122 cases. The quality and accuracy of imaging is demonstrated by representative examples. Indications of DSA and conventional pulmonary angiography are principally identical. However, our experience in DSA suggests that this minimal invasive procedure may replace conventional angiography in most cases and abolish the strict indication. Supported by further critical tests the high diagnostic quality of DSA imaging in pulmonary embolism and therapeutical control may substitute radionuclide methods (perfusion-ventilation-scintigraphy) to avoid costs of a double examination.