Year : 2024, Volume : 13, Issue : 4

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Movahed's sign of left ventricle on myocardial perfusion scintigraphy in a case with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension

Fatih Bati, Guler Si̇lov, Nilufer Bicakci, Banu Kirtiloglu

DOI: 10.5455/medscience.2024.09.112 · Page: 1024-6 · 179 Views · 12 Downloads · 0 Citations

Abstract

Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) dramatically replaces biventricular remodeling and modifies the right ventricular function. In this case, a 75-year-old female patient who was followed up with a diagnosis of chronic pulmonary thromboembolism and had an acute embolism attack covering the entire right lung was retrospectively reviewed. In this examination, Movahed's sign, a sign of right ventricular overload, was also detected scintigraphically on myocardial perfusion scintigraphy. This case is important in clearly showing the cardiac and pulmonary reflections of CTEPH.


Keywords : Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy; pulmonary embolism; D-shaped left ventricle; Movahed's sign

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