1Department of Nuclear Medicine, Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences, Delhi.
2Dept of Cardiology, GB Pant Hospital, Delhi
Pulmonary artery stenosis is a congenital condition that may lead to severe cardiac and pulmonary complications. Many imaging techniques including contrast angiography, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and scintigraphy are available for evaluating the condition and its complications. The authors describea case of severe pulmonary stenosis where pulmonary scintigraphy provided the clinching evidence of thefunctionality of balloon angioplasty and gave quantitative information about the increase in pulmonary circulationand ventilation post-intervention. Ventilation-Perfusion pulmonary scintigraphy is recommended for evaluatingpulmonary interventional procedures due to its non-invasive and functional nature.
