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Evaluation of Ventricular Function

Basic Techniques

Cardiac performance, or ventricular function, can be assessed with radionuclide techniques by either of two methods. The first involves analyzing the initial transit of an intravenously administered radionuclide bolus as it traverses the central circulation. This has been called first-pass radionuclide angiocardiography, and it involves sampling for only the first 15 to 30 seconds after the injection⁹². The high-frequency components of the time-activity curve of radioactivity during this period are analyzed quantitatively. The radioactive indicator mixes with the blood to such an extent that the count rates of radioactivity are proportional to changes in the volume of each cardiac . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Routine Measurements of Ventricular Function

Ventricular Volume

Pressure-Volume Relations

Right Ventricular Function

Diastolic Performance

Clinical Applications

Prognosis

Congestive Heart Failure

Toxicity of Doxorubicin

Newer Applications

Non-Imaging Nuclear Detectors and Silent Myocardial Ischemia

Positron-Emission Tomography

Antimyosin Imaging

Imaging of Thrombi

Imaging of Cardiac Adrenergic Nerves

Conclusions

Source Information

From the Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, and the Section of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn.

Address reprint requests to Dr. Zaret at the Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar St., New Haven, CT 06510.

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