RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Central Venous Catheter Scintigraphy Using a Slow Radionuclide Infusion: Case Report
JF Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
JO J. Nucl. Med. Technol.
FD Society of Nuclear Medicine
SP 245
OP 247
VO 18
IS 4
A1 Jacobson, Arnold F.
A1 Williams, Walter H.
YR 1990
UL http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/18/4/245.abstract
AB Radiologic investigation of malfunctioning central venous catheters is conventionally performed using a bolus injection of either radiographic contrast material or a radionuclide solution. An alternative scintigraphic technique employing a slow radionuclide infusion is described. The association between retrograde flow in an obstructing fibrin sleeve and leakage from a central venous catheter is better demonstrated using this technique than with imaging after a bolus injection.