Right ventricular ejection fraction measurement: contrast ventriculography versus gated blood pool and gated first-pass radionuclide methods

Am J Cardiol. 1984 Sep 1;54(6):651-3. doi: 10.1016/0002-9149(84)90266-2.

Abstract

Radionuclide methods of measuring the right ventricular (RV) ejection fraction (EF) provide noninvasive means of evaluating right-sided cardiac function at rest and exercise. This study compared 2 radionuclide methods with a cast-validated contrast angiographic method of RVEF analysis in 21 consecutive patients who underwent RV contrast ventriculography and gated equilibrium blood pool radionuclide ventriculography. Eleven subjects had gated first-pass radionuclide studies that were technically adequate for EF analysis. RVEF was calculated by different operators for the contrast and radionuclide methods. The close correlation of the contrast angiographic method with both equilibrium blood pool and first-pass radionuclide methods supports the use of the radionuclide techniques.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Cardiac Output*
  • Diatrizoate Meglumine
  • Heart / diagnostic imaging*
  • Heart Function Tests / methods
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Radiography
  • Radionuclide Imaging
  • Stroke Volume*

Substances

  • Diatrizoate Meglumine