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MeSH Heading: Ventilation-Perfusion Scan
Tree Number(s): E01.370.350.710.900; E01.370.384.730.900; E01.370.386.700.963
Unique ID: D000076665
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000076665
Scope Note: A two-part radionuclide imaging that measures VENTILATION-PERFUSION RATIO of the lungs often used to investigate PULMONARY EMBOLISM. Image acquisitions may be performed using various combinations of gamma camera, PET and SPECT scanning techniques.
Entry Term(s): Lung VQ Scan; Lung Ventilation Perfusion Scans; Pulmonary Ventilation Perfusion Scans; V-Q Scintigraphy; VQ Lung Scan; Ventilation Perfusion Lung Scan; Ventilation-Perfusion Scintigraphy
Previous Indexing: Ventilation-Perfusion Ratio (1963-2018)
Public MeSH Note: 2019
History Note: 2019
Date Established: 2019/01/01
Date of Entry: 2018/07/09
Revision Date: 2017/12/14

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects (AE)

classification (CL)

economics (EC)

ethics (ES)

history (HI)

instrumentation (IS)

methods (MT)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

psychology (PX)

standards (ST)

statistics & numerical data (SN)

trends (TD)

veterinary (VE)

Concept UI: M000635864
Scope Note: A two-part radionuclide imaging that measures VENTILATION-PERFUSION RATIO of the lungs often used to investigate PULMONARY EMBOLISM. Image acquisitions may be performed using various combinations of gamma camera, PET and SPECT scanning techniques.
Terms: Ventilation-Perfusion Scan Preferred Term
Term UI T000931201
Date09/07/2017
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2019); Lung VQ Scan
Term UI T000931207
Date09/07/2017
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2019); Ventilation-Perfusion Scintigraphy
Term UI T000931212
Date09/07/2017
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2019); VQ Lung Scan
Term UI T000931213
Date09/07/2017
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2019); Ventilation Perfusion Lung Scan
Term UI T000931215
Date09/07/2017
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2019); Lung Ventilation Perfusion Scans
Term UI T000931204
Date09/07/2017
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2019); V-Q Scintigraphy
Term UI T000931218
Date09/07/2017
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2019); Pulmonary Ventilation Perfusion Scans
Term UI T000931206
Date09/07/2017
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2019)

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