RV function improvement following nitric oxide inhalation demonstrated by gated blood pool SPECT in a patient with primary pulmonary hypertension

J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Dec;25(6):2174-2176. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-1171-x. Epub 2018 Jan 10.

Authors

Fayçal Ben Bouallègue^{1

2}, Fabien Vauchot³, Aurélie Bourdon³, Meriem Benkiran³, Clément Boissin⁴, Jérémy Charriot⁴, Arnaud Bourdin^{4

5}, Denis Mariano-Goulart^{3

5}

Affiliations

¹ Nuclear Medicine Department, Montpellier University Hospital, Montpellier, France. faybenb@hotmail.com.
² PhyMedExp, INSERM, CNRS, Montpellier University, Montpellier, France. faybenb@hotmail.com.
³ Nuclear Medicine Department, Montpellier University Hospital, Montpellier, France.
⁴ Pneumology Department, Montpellier University Hospital, Montpellier, France.
⁵ PhyMedExp, INSERM, CNRS, Montpellier University, Montpellier, France.

PMID: 29322380
DOI: 10.1007/s12350-017-1171-x

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Administration, Inhalation
Adult
Familial Primary Pulmonary Hypertension / diagnostic imaging*
Familial Primary Pulmonary Hypertension / physiopathology
Female
Gated Blood-Pool Imaging / methods*
Humans
Nitric Oxide / administration & dosage*
Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon / methods*
Ventricular Function, Right / drug effects*

Substances

Nitric Oxide