Effect of temporal sampling on evaluation of left ventricular ejection fraction by means of thallium-201 gated SPET: Comparison of 16- and 8- interval gating, with reference to equilibrium radionuclide angiography

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 694-699

  Manrique, Alain ^a,b   Koning, René ^b   Cribier, Alain ^b   Véra, Pierre ^a  

^a CENTRE HENRI BECQUEREL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL CHARLES NICOLLE   (France)

Author keywords

Ejection fraction; Gated single photon emission tomography; Radionuclide angiography; Temporal sampling; Thallium

Indexed keywords

THALLIUM 201;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REST; SCINTIANGIOGRAPHY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIONUCLIDE ANGIOGRAPHY; STROKE VOLUME; THALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0034047386     PISSN: 03406997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002590050564     Document Type: Article

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