Non-invasive measurement of left ventricular volumes and function by gated positron emission tomography

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1594-1602

  Boyd, Heather L ^a   Gunn, Roger N ^a   Marinho, Norma V S ^a,b   Karwatowski, Stefan P ^a   Bailey, Dale L ^a   Costa, Durval C ^b   Camici, Paolo G ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gating; Left ventricular function; Left ventricular volumes; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; HEART RECEPTOR; OXYGEN 15;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDSYSTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HEART MUSCLE METABOLISM; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PHANTOM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOISOTOPE VENTRICULOGRAPHY;

CORONARY DISEASE; DEOXYGLUCOSE; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FLUORINE RADIOISOTOPES; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; GATED BLOOD-POOL IMAGING; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; OXYGEN RADIOISOTOPES; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SODIUM PERTECHNETATE TC 99M; STROKE VOLUME; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0030481571     PISSN: 03406997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01249622     Document Type: Article

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