Validity of different gated equilibrium blood pool methods for determination of left ventricular ejection fraction.

Autor: Karsch, K., Schicha, H., Rentrop, P., Kreuzer, H., Emrich, D.
Zdroj: European Journal of Nuclear Medicine; Oct1980, Vol. 5 Issue 5, p439-445, 7p
Abstrakt: Left ventricular ejection fractions (EF) were determined in 37 patients by biplane cineventriculography (Angio) and by four modifications of the gated equilibrium blood pool (GBP) method: EF were determined after injection of 20 mCi Tc human albumin (Anger-camera, all-purpose collimator, 16 ECG-segments, 64 x 64 matrix with 1.5 zoom). EF by biplane angiography (EF) was calculated by the formula of Dodge. The following correlation between angiographically and scintigraphically determined EF's were found: Intraobserver variability of GBP method 2 and 3 was±5%. EFs determined by GBP methods 2 and 3 are as accurate as the EFs determined by cineventriculography. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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