Electrocardiograph-gated single photon emission computed tomography radionuclide angiography presents good interstudy reproducibility for the quantification of global systolic right ventricular function

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 391-399

  Daou, Doumit ^a   Coaguila, Carlos ^b   Vilain, Didier ^b  

^a Institut Cochin   (France)

^b FOCH HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Ejection fraction; Electrocardiograph gated blood pool single photon emission computed tomography; Radionuclide angiography; Right ventricle; Volume

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HUMAN; MALE; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCINTIANGIOGRAPHY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SYSTOLE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GATED BLOOD-POOL IMAGING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE VOLUME; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 34147129812     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MNM.0b013e3280a02fa2     Document Type: Article

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