RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Left Ventricular Assist Device–Associated Gastrointestinal Bleeding: Recognition of an Iatrogenic Etiology on <sup>99m</sup>Tc-Tagged Red Blood Cell Scintigraphy
JF Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
JO J. Nucl. Med. Technol.
FD Society of Nuclear Medicine
SP 169
OP 170
DO 10.2967/jnmt.118.220061
VO 47
IS 2
A1 D. Kenneth Jamison
A1 Aaron F. Yang
A1 Reza Arsanjani
A1 Yuxiang Zhou
A1 Ming Yang
YR 2019
UL http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/47/2/169.abstract
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.