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ArticleJournal of feline medicine and surgery2013

Transsplenic portal scintigraphy using 99mTc-pertechnetate for the diagnosis of portosystemic shunts in cats: a retrospective review of 12 patients.

Eva Vandermeulen, Anaïs Combes, Hilde de Rooster, Ingeborgh Polis, Bart de Spiegeleer, Jimmy Saunders, Kathelijne Peremans

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Article in Journal of feline medicine and surgery, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
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4 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Eva Vandermeulen1Department of Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging and Small Animal Orthopaedics, Ghent University, Belgium.
Anaïs Combes
Hilde de Rooster
Ingeborgh Polis
Bart de Spiegeleer
Jimmy Saunders
Kathelijne Peremans
Ghent University · BE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Portosystemic shunts (PSS), congenital or acquired, occur uncommonly in the feline population. The diagnostic approach is similar to one in dogs suspected of a PSS based on the clinical signs and haematological and biochemical changes. Diagnostic imaging, however, is key for the confirmation of a PSS. Although abdominal ultrasound is the first-choice diagnostic imaging modality, the results are not always unequivocal. Transsplenic portal scintigraphy (TSPS) using (99m)Tc-pertechnetate is a well-established technique in canine medicine, providing relatively fast and easy confirmation of the presence or absence of a PSS. As the prevalence of PSS is much lower in the feline population, this technique has not been widely used in cats. This retrospective study of 12 cases gives an overview of the potential of TSPS in the diagnostic work-up of PSS in cats (2005-2012).

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AnimalsCat DiseasesCatsFemaleGated Blood-Pool ImagingMalePortal SystemRetrospective StudiesSodium Pertechnetate Tc 99mSodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m

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PMID23677934
PMCPMC10816471
OpenAlexW2094538424

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