Ventilation Perfusion Scanning

Preferred Label : Ventilation Perfusion Scanning;

NCIt synonyms : Ventilation-Perfusion Scan;

NCIt related terms : VENTILATION PERFUSION LUNG SCAN; VQ SCAN;

NCIt definition : A nuclear imaging test that uses radiopharmaceuticals to produce an image of the blood flow to the lungs, that measures the ability of the lungs to inhale gas, and that assesses the gas distribution within the lungs.;

Alternative definition : CDISC: A nuclear imaging test that uses radiopharmaceuticals to produce an image of the blood flow to the lungs.;

Details

Origin ID

C38100;

UMLS CUI

C0560738;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Pulmonary ventilation perfusion study (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- VQ scan [MedDRA LLT]
- Ventilation-Perfusion Scan [MeSH Descriptor]
- Ventilation-Perfusion Scan [MeSH concept]
- Ventilation-perfusion scan (procedure) [Inactive SNOMED CT concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Diagnostic Procedure [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- V/Q scan [MedDRA LLT]
- VQ scan [MedDRA LLT]
- Ventilation-Perfusion Scan [MeSH Descriptor]
- Ventilation-perfusion scan (procedure) [Inactive SNOMED CT concept]
- Ventilation/perfusion scan [MedDRA Preferred Term]
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- CDISC SDTM Method Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CDISC SDTM Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium Terminology [NCIt concept]

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