TY - JOUR
T1 - Measurement of left ventricular ejection fraction with ionic 113mIn and a cardiac probe
AU - Liu, Xiu jie
AU - Harrison, Katharine S.
AU - Wagner, Henry N.
PY - 1982/9/1
Y1 - 1982/9/1
N2 - Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) was measured with a cardiac probe (Nuclear Stethoscope, Bios Inc., Valhalla, New York) and 113mIn in 28 normal subjects and 86 patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). In 20 normal subjects 99mTC-RBCs were compared with 113mIn which binds to transferrin after IV injection. With 99mTc-RBCs, average LVEF was 57±7% (1 SD); with 113mIn, average LVEF was 55±8% (N.S.). Sequential measurements at different times over 60 min revealed good reproducibility. Comparison of LVEFs obtained using 99mTc-RBCs with a gamma camera and cardiac probe revealed a good correlation. The correlation coefficients were 0.92 in 25 patients with CAD and 0.95 in 10 patients with LV wall motion abnormalities. The LVEF obtained using a cardiac probe and 113mIn increased in 28 normals from 57±9% to 64±13% (P<0.001) during handgrip exercise, while the LVEF decreased from 45±9% to 41±10% (P<0.01) in patients with acute myocardial infarction 4-7 weeks after episode, from 48±11 to 40±12% (P<0.001) in patients with old myocardial infarction, and from 52±9 to 42±9% (P<0.001) in patients with angina pectoris. The cardiac probe and 113mIn provide a useful alternate means of determining left ventricular dysfunction in facilities where 99mTc and a gamma camera computer system are not readily available.
AB - Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) was measured with a cardiac probe (Nuclear Stethoscope, Bios Inc., Valhalla, New York) and 113mIn in 28 normal subjects and 86 patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). In 20 normal subjects 99mTC-RBCs were compared with 113mIn which binds to transferrin after IV injection. With 99mTc-RBCs, average LVEF was 57±7% (1 SD); with 113mIn, average LVEF was 55±8% (N.S.). Sequential measurements at different times over 60 min revealed good reproducibility. Comparison of LVEFs obtained using 99mTc-RBCs with a gamma camera and cardiac probe revealed a good correlation. The correlation coefficients were 0.92 in 25 patients with CAD and 0.95 in 10 patients with LV wall motion abnormalities. The LVEF obtained using a cardiac probe and 113mIn increased in 28 normals from 57±9% to 64±13% (P<0.001) during handgrip exercise, while the LVEF decreased from 45±9% to 41±10% (P<0.01) in patients with acute myocardial infarction 4-7 weeks after episode, from 48±11 to 40±12% (P<0.001) in patients with old myocardial infarction, and from 52±9 to 42±9% (P<0.001) in patients with angina pectoris. The cardiac probe and 113mIn provide a useful alternate means of determining left ventricular dysfunction in facilities where 99mTc and a gamma camera computer system are not readily available.
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U2 - 10.1007/BF00256820
DO - 10.1007/BF00256820
M3 - Article
C2 - 7128630
AN - SCOPUS:0019961864
SN - 0340-6997
VL - 7
SP - 410
EP - 412
JO - European Journal of Nuclear Medicine
JF - European Journal of Nuclear Medicine
IS - 9
ER -