Pulmonary Vascular Permeability in Interstitial Lung Disease

TY - JOUR

T1 - Pulmonary Vascular Permeability in Interstitial Lung Disease

AU - Kaplan, James D.

AU - Trulock, Elbert P.

AU - Anderson, Dixie J.

AU - Schuster, Daniel P.

N1 - We evaluated pulmonary vascular permeability with positron emission tomography (PET) in 16 patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD) by measuring the pulmonary transcapillary escape rate (PTCER) for transferrin labeled with gallium-68. In patients with active ILD, defined by lung biopsy or clinical criteria, mean PTCER was significantly greater than in normal subjects (118 ± 46 versus 21 ±11 × 10 −4 min −1, respectively, p < 0.05).

PY - 1990/10/30

Y1 - 1990/10/30

UR - https://www.atsjournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1164/ajrccm/145.6.1495

M3 - Article

JO - Chest 98(2 Suppl.)

JF - Chest 98(2 Suppl.)

ER -