Ventilation-Perfusion Ratio
"Ventilation-Perfusion Ratio" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The ratio of alveolar ventilation to simultaneous alveolar capillary blood flow in any part of the lung. (Stedman, 25th ed)
| Descriptor ID |
D014692
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.386.700.650.900 G09.772.920
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| Concept/Terms |
Ventilation-Perfusion Ratio- Ventilation-Perfusion Ratio
- Ratio, Ventilation-Perfusion
- Ratios, Ventilation-Perfusion
- Ventilation Perfusion Ratio
- Ventilation-Perfusion Ratios
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ventilation-Perfusion Ratio" by people in Profiles.
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V/Q SPECT and SPECT/CT in Pulmonary Embolism. J Nucl Med Technol. 2023 Mar; 51(1):9-15.
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Technegas Lung Ventilation. J Nucl Med Technol. 2021 Dec; 49(4):311-312.
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Quantitative analysis of regional lung ventilation and perfusion PET with (68)Ga-labelled tracers. Nucl Med Commun. 2014 May; 35(5):501-10.
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A review of electrocardiography in pulmonary embolism: recognizing pulmonary embolus masquerading as ST-elevation myocardial infarction. Rev Cardiovasc Med. 2011; 12(3):157-63.
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The rise in the incidence of pulmonary embolus after joint arthroplasty: is modern imaging to blame? Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2007 Oct; 463:107-13.
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Predictors of mortality in patients with emphysema and severe airflow obstruction. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2006 Jun 15; 173(12):1326-34.
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Non-invasive measurement of intrapulmonary shunt during inert gas rebreathing. Physiol Meas. 2005 Jun; 26(3):309-16.
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Diagnosis and evaluation of pulmonary hypertension. Cleve Clin J Med. 2003 Apr; 70 Suppl 1:S9-17.
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The negative predictive value of spiral computed tomography for the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism in patients with nondiagnostic ventilation-perfusion scans. Am J Med. 2001 Jan; 110(1):16-21.
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Patterns of perfusion and ventilation of the lungs in patients with small cell lung cancer before and after combination chemotherapy. Clin Physiol. 1985; 5 Suppl 3:99-103.