PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - D. Kenneth Jamison
AU  - Aaron F. Yang
AU  - Reza Arsanjani
AU  - Yuxiang Zhou
AU  - Ming Yang
TI  - Left Ventricular Assist Device–Associated Gastrointestinal Bleeding: Recognition of an Iatrogenic Etiology on <sup>99m</sup>Tc-Tagged Red Blood Cell Scintigraphy
AID  - 10.2967/jnmt.118.220061
DP  - 2019 Jun 01
TA  - Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
PG  - 169--170
VI  - 47
IP  - 2
4099  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/47/2/169.short
4100  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/47/2/169.full
SO  - J. Nucl. Med. Technol.2019 Jun 01; 47
AB  - 99mTc-tagged red blood cell scintigraphy is the imaging modality of choice in the diagnosis of active gastrointestinal bleeding. Continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices are the state-of-the-art treatment for advanced heart failure, with gastrointestinal bleeding as the most common complication. Recognition of the distinctive imaging feature of continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices on scintigraphic images can aid diagnosis of gastrointestinal bleeding.