左から右のシャントの検出と定量化のために,酸素-15で標識された二酸化炭素による吸入イメージング

Circulation
|October 1, 1977
PubMed
まとめ

この研究では,吸入された酸素-15ラベルの二酸化炭素 (C15O2) を使用して,左から右のシャントを定量化するための非侵襲的な方法が紹介されています. C15O2肺クリアランスパターンは,シャントのサイズを効果的に検出し測定し,従来の酸素測定と高い相関を示しています.

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