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Reversed Ventilation-Perfusion Mismatch Involving a Pediatric Patient in Congestive Heart Failure

Departments of Nuclear Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Temple University Hospital, Broad and Ontario Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Correspondence: For correspondence or reprints contact: Ivan Zucker, MD, c/o Radiology, Inc., 777 W. State St.Suite 101 Columbus, OH 43222-1536.

ABSTRACT

Over the past 13 yr, at least 11 specific etiologies of reversed ventilation-perfusion mismatch have been reported in the literature. In this article, a case of reversed ventilation-perfusion mismatch involving a patient in congestive heart failure receiving dobutamine and milrinone therapy is presented. A brief review of the topic of reversed ventilation-perfusion mismatch is presented.