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Gamma camera detection of99mTC-plasmin in the diagnosis of deep-vein thrombosis

✍ Scribed by Mats Dahlborn; Gunvor Ahlborg; Berndt Söderborg; Johan Virgin; Brigitte Wilczek

Publisher
Springer
Year
1984
Tongue
English
Weight
278 KB
Volume
9
Category
Article
ISSN
0340-6997

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✦ Synopsis

99mTc-Plasmin scintigraphy of suspected vein thrombosis registered by a gamma camera was compared with phlebography. The results indicate that the plasmin test can be an alternative method to phlebography. The plasmin test registered by a gamma camera has a high sensitivity but relatively low specificity; this agrees with the results of previous investigations regarding registration with a single detector.

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A 99mTc-plasmin test and phlebography were performed on 45 consecutive unselected patients with suspected deep vein thrombosis of the leg. Phlebography showed thrombosis in 15 cases. In fourteen of these patients there was a positive result in the plasmin test. Eleven other patients had a positive p