Echocardiographic Validation of Gated SPECT Ventricular Function Measurements

• Published in: The Journal of nuclear medicine (1978) Vol. 41; no. 8; pp. 1308 - 1314
• Main Authors: Nichols, Kenneth, Lefkowitz, David, Faber, Tracy, Folks, Russell, Cooke, David, Garcia, Ernest V, Yao, Siu-Sun, DePuey, E. Gordon, Rozanski, Alan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Reston, VA Soc Nuclear Med 01.08.2000; Society of Nuclear Medicine
• Subjects: Analysis of Variance; Biological and medical sciences; Cardiology. Vascular system; Cardiovascular system; Coronary Disease - diagnostic imaging; Coronary Disease - physiopathology; Coronary heart disease; Echocardiography; Female; Heart; Humans; Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects); Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Prognosis; Radionuclide investigations; Radiopharmaceuticals; Regression Analysis; Reproducibility of Results; Retrospective Studies; Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi; Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; Ventricular Function, Left; Radionuclide study; Sonography; Human; Correlation; Prognosis; Cardiovascular disease; Coronary heart disease; Photon; Sensitivity; Measurement technique; Volume; Echography; Technique; Diagnostic aid; Left ventricle performance; Emission tomography

Left ventricular (LV) volumes are valuable prognostic indicators in the management of coronary artery disease and traditionally have been obtained by x-ray contrast angiography or echocardiography. There now are several scintigraphic methods to compute volumes that are based on different LV modeling...