Normal limits of ejection fraction and volumes determined by gated SPECT in clinically normal patients without cardiac events: A study based on the J-ACCESS database

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1088-1096

  Nakajima, Kenichi ^a   Kusuoka, Hideo ^b   Nishimura, Shigeyuki ^c   Yamashina, Akira ^d   Nishimura, Tsunehiko ^e  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b OSAKA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ejection fraction; Gated SPECT; Left ventricular volume; Normal limits; Quantification of cardiac function

Indexed keywords

TETROFOSMIN TC 99M;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BODY WEIGHT; CALCULATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; GATED BLOOD-POOL IMAGING; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE VOLUME; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 34250333471     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-006-0321-1     Document Type: Article

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