Comparing myocardial perfusion scan findings in patients with and without Covid-19 by Bahar Moasses-Ghafari, Sahar Choupani, Sajed Jahanbin, Reza Lotfi, Khaled Rahmani

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Clinical Brain Death with False Positive Radionuclide Cerebral Perfusion Scans by Sindhaghatta Venkatram, Sara Bughio, Gilda Diaz-Fuentes

“…Here we present data from two patients with a false positive Radionuclide Cerebral Perfusion Scan (RCPS).…”
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Retracted: Clinical Brain Death with False Positive Radionuclide Cerebral Perfusion Scans by Case Reports in Critical Care

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Utilization of Mean Platelet Volume for Predicting Ischemic Heart Disease in Diabetic and Non-Diabetic Patients by Maryam Arefnia, Toktam Hosseinnezhad Ariani, Mohammadali Ghodsirad, Toktam Alirezaei, Elinaz Hosseinzadeh, Mahesti Amoui, Elaheh Pirayesh, Ghazaal Norouzi

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Pulmonary Vein Occlusion Requiring Lobectomy after Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Žymantas Jagelavičius, Ana Baužienė, Vytautas Jovaišas, Ričardas Janilionis

“…A quantitative ventilation/perfusion scan revealed no perfusion to the left lower lobe. …”
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Asymptomatic Pulmonary Vein Stenosis: Hemodynamic Adaptation and Successful Ablation by John J. Lee, Denis Weinberg, Rishi Anand

“…We present a patient with severe postatrial fibrillation (AF) ablation pulmonary vein (PV) stenosis, which was seen on multiple imaging modalities including cardiac computed tomography (CT) angiogram, lung perfusion scan, and pulmonary angiogram. This patient did not have any pulmonary symptoms. …”
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Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia Associated with Massive Intracardiac Thrombosis: A Case Report by Atheer Ahmed, Hamid AL-Mondhiry, Truman J. Milling, David Campbell

“…One day later, the patient developed pulmonary emboli, which was found using ventilation/perfusion scan. He was transferred to the University Hospital for further management. …”
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Predictors of Hospital Length of Stay among Patients with Low-risk Pulmonary Embolism by Li Wang, Onur Baser, Phil Wells, W. Frank Peacock, Craig I. Coleman, Gregory J. Fermann, Jeff Schein, Concetta Crivera

“…LRPE patients with computed tomography angiography (Odds ratio [OR]: 4.8, 95% Confidence interval [CI]: 3.82-5.97), lung ventilation/perfusion scan (OR: 3.8, 95% CI: 1.86-7.76), or venous Doppler ultrasound (OR: 1.4, 95% CI: 1.08-1.86) at baseline had an increased probability of short length of stay. …”
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Minimally Invasive Bilateral Lung Resections and CABG through 5 Ports by N. Asemota, M. J. Rouhani, L. Harling, H. Raubenheimer, A. C. De Souza, E. Lim

“…Subsequent myocardial perfusion scan and coronary angiogram showed significant LV dysfunction and severe coronary artery disease with a left main stem (LMS) lesion. …”
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The Role of Gender in the Importance of Risk Factors for Coronary Artery Disease by Farshid Gheisari, Melika Emami, Hadi Raeisi Shahraki, Saeid Samipour, Parastoo Nematollahi

“…The results of the myocardial perfusion scan were recorded and compared between groups. …”
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Can nebulised heparin reduce acute lung injury in patients with SARS‑CoV‑2 requiring advanced respiratory support in Ireland: the CHARTER‑Ireland phase Ib/IIa, randomised, parallel... by David Cosgrave, Bairbre McNicholas, Ciara Hanley, John Robert Sheehan, Padraig Calpin, Maeve Kernan, Darragh Murphy, Alberto Alvarez‑Iglesias, John Ferguson, Camilla Giacomini, Christine Greene, Catriona Cody, Shane McGeary, Marion Murphy, Marianne Fitzgerald, Gerard Curley, Barry Dixon, Roger J. Smith, Claire Masterson, Daniel O’Toole, Frank van Haren, John G. Laffey

“…COVID-19 patients with a raised d-dimer have areas of pulmonary hypoperfusion on CT perfusion scans of the lung and have increased mortality risk. …”
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Role of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Detecting Myocardial Viability in Patients with Chronic Ischaemic Heart Disease: A Prospective Observational Study by Subhosree Dey, Parul Dutta, Bornali Dutta, Baloy Jyoti Talukdar, Sushant Agarwal, Dhiraj Baruah

“…Functional parameters like wall motion and Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction (LVEF) were evaluated along with perfusion scan. On Late Gadolinium Enhancement (LGE) scan, patients were classified into two categories: ≤50% LGE (viable) and >50% LGE (non viable). …”
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