title: [Evaluation by means of ECG-gated cardiac blood pool scintigraphy of global and regional left ventricular function at rest and during exercise in patients with coronary artery disease (author's transl)].
abstract: ECG-gated cardiac blood pool scintigraphy permits a non-invasive determination of the end-diastolic and end-systolic ventricular volumes and of the ejection fraction as well as a qualitative description of regional ventricular wall motion at rest and during excercise. In 6 healthy persons a significant increase of the ejection fraction from 66 +/- 7% at rest to 78 +/- 3% during exercise (p less than 0.01) was observed. In contrast, the ejection fraction decreased in 15 out of 18 patients with coronary artery disease, with a significant (p less than 0.01) difference between patients with and without angina pectoris. Thus, the ejection fraction fell in 12 patients without angina during excercise from 60 +/- 11% to 52 +/- 11% (p less than 0.05) whereas in 6 patients with angina a decrease from 61 +/- 7% to 30 +/- 8% (p less than 0.01) was observed. This non-invasive technique makes it possible to demonstrate in a simple and safe manner changes of cardiac function during excercise in patients with coronary artery disease.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000503:physiopathology; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005080:Exercise Test / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging
vernacular_title: Die Beurteilung der globalen und regionalen linksventrikulären Funktion in Ruhe und während Ergometerbelastung bei Patienten mit koronarer Herzkrankheit mit der EKG-getriggerten Herzbinnenraumszintigraphie.