Abstract
The frequency distributions of ventilation-perfusion (V-P) patterns in various lung diseases were compared to those observed in pulmonary embolism in order to determine whether the specific V-P patterns for pulmonary embolism constituted a frequent finding in these disorders. The results showed that a segmental or lobar perfusion defect with normal ventilation, was associated with a high probability of thromboembolic lung disease, and was not present in any of the other lung diseases studied.
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Ham, H.R., Amir, R. & Vandevivere, J. Ventilation-perfusion patterns in lung diseases (with reference to those observed in pulmonary embolism). Eur J Nucl Med 10, 165–166 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00252728
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00252728