Medical Definition of Ventilation-perfusion scan

1. A lung function test, especially useful for pulmonary embolism, employing an inhaled radionuclide for ventilation and an intravenous radionuclide for perfusion; their respective distributions in the lung are recorded scintigraphically. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ventilation-perfusion Scan

ventiduct
ventiducts
ventifact
ventifacts
ventige
ventiges
ventil
ventilatable
ventilate
ventilated
ventilates
ventilating
ventilating system
ventilation
ventilation-perfusion ratio
ventilation-perfusion scan (current term)
ventilation/perfusion lung imaging
ventilation/perfusion mismatch
ventilation/perfusion ratio
ventilation meter
ventilation perfusion scanning
ventilation shaft
ventilation system
ventilations
ventilative
ventilator
ventilator weaning
ventilators
ventilatory
ventilatory compliance

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