Findings in [99mTc]MAA SPECT/CT in the diagnosis and follow-up of pulmonary embolism after infection by SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19)
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SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) infection is a current public health problem that has been shown to cause multiple complications, including pulmonary thromboembolism. The first presented case 59-year-old woman with history of COPD, paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and COVID-19 in September 2020, consultation December 2020 for atypical chest pain suspected PE, AngioCT vessels was performed negative emboli, subsequently [ 99m Tc]Tc MAA SPECT/CT indicated report triangular defects concerning acute A second 70-year-old man dyslipidaemia, complication PE involvement the left artery, followed by not triangles thromboembolism signs reperfusion.
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عنوان ژورنال: Nuclear Medicine Review
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['1644-4345', '1506-9680']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5603/nmr.2021.0029