PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Baggenstoss, Bonnie J.
AU  - Omdahl, Allen L.
AU  - Brown, Manuel L.
AU  - Wahner, Heinz W.
TI  - The LeVeen Shunt—A Technique for Testing Shunt Patency
DP  - 1978 Dec 01
TA  - Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
PG  - 202--204
VI  - 6
IP  - 4
4099  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/6/4/202.short
4100  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/6/4/202.full
SO  - J. Nucl. Med. Technol.1978 Dec 01; 6
AB  - A modification of the test procedure for evaluation of the peritoneo-venous shunt is described. When Tc-99m sulfur colloid is introduced by intraperitoneal injection, scintiphotos of a patent shunt can usually be obtained immediately after injection. If the shunt is not visualized immediately, a liver scan must be obtained to distinguish ascitic fluid from functioning liver tissue. Cases in which this technique has been used show it to be a reliable method for assessing peritoneo-venous shunt patency.