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Liégina Silveira Marinho1, Nathalia Parente de Sousa1, Carlos Augusto Barbosa da Silveira Barros1, Marcelo Silveira Matias1, Luana Torres Monteiro1, Marcelo do Amaral Beraldo2, Eduardo Leite Vieira Costa2, Marcelo Britto Passos Amato3, Marcelo Alcantara Holanda4.
Abstract
Bronchial stenosis can impair regional lung ventilation by causing abnormal, asymmetric airflow limitation. Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) is an imaging technique that allows the assessment of regional lung ventilation and therefore complements the functional assessment of the lungs. We report the case of a patient with left unilateral bronchial stenosis and a history of tuberculosis, in whom regional lung ventilation was assessed by EIT. The EIT results were compared with those obtained by ventilation/perfusion radionuclide imaging. The patient was using nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. Therefore, we studied the effects of postural changes and of the use of nasal CPAP. The EIT revealed heterogeneous distribution of regional lung ventilation, the ventilation being higher in the right lung, and this distribution was influenced by postural changes and CPAP use. The EIT assessment of regional lung ventilation produced results similar to those obtained with the radionuclide imaging technique and had the advantage of providing a dynamic evaluation without radiation exposure.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID: 24473768 PMCID: PMC4075903 DOI: 10.1590/S1806-37132013000600013
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Bras Pneumol ISSN: 1806-3713 Impact factor: 2.624
Figure 1Coronal reconstruction of multidetector chest CT scans acquired during inhalation (A) and exhalation (B), endobronchial reconstruction of a multidetector chest CT scan (C), and volumetric reconstruction of a multidetector chest CT scan acquired at end-exhalation showing air trapping in the left lung (D); as well as radionuclide lung perfusion (E) and lung ventilation (F) images. The arrows show the site of the bronchial stenosis.
Figure 2Functional map of the distribution of regional lung ventilation as assessed by electrical impedance tomography in the supine position (SP), in the right lateral decubitus position (RLDP), and in the left lateral decubitus position (LLDP). The three first images were obtained during spontaneous breathing. The three last images were obtained during the use of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP; 10 cmH2O). The percentages represent the distribution of tidal volume to each lung. At the bottom of each figure, there is the plethysmographic curve showing the variation in electrical impedance.
Figura 1TC com multidetectores de tórax com reconstrução coronal em inspiração (A), em expiração B), endobrônquica (C) e com reconstrução volumétrica ao final da expiração mostrando aprisionamento aéreo no pulmão esquerdo (D); e cintilografia pulmonar de perfusão (E) e ventilação (F). As setas mostram o sitio da estenose brônquica.
Figura 2Mapa funcional da distribuição da ventilação pulmonar regional através da tomografia de impedância elétrica nos decúbitos dorsal (DD), lateral direito (DLD) e lateral esquerdo (DLE). As três primeiras imagens foram obtidas em respiração espontânea. As três últimas, sob continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP, pressão positiva contínua nas vias aéreas) de 10 cmH2O. Os números representam a proporção da distribuição do volume corrente para cada pulmão. Na parte inferior de cada figura, a curva de pletismografia da variação da impedância elétrica.