title: Combined left and right ventricular volume determination by radionuclide angiocardiography using double bolus and equilibrium technique.
abstract: Eighteen patients with ischaemic heart disease were studied. Left and right ventricular volumes including cardiac output (forward flow) were determined by radionuclide angiocardiography using a double bolus and equilibrium technique. As reference, cardiac output was simultaneously measured by indicator dilution. The radionuclide technique comprised four steps: (1) a first-pass study of right ventricle; (2) a bolus study of left ventricle; (3) an equilibrium study of left ventricle; (4) determination of the distribution volume of red blood cells. Absolute volumes of left ventricle were determined from steps 2 + 3 + 4. Absolute volumes of right ventricle were calculated from stroke volume and right ventricular ejection fraction (EF) which in turn was determined from step 1 by creating composite systolic and composite diastolic images. There was an acceptable agreement between stroke volume determinations by radionuclide angiocardiography and indicator dilution (r = 0.74; P less than 0.001). Stroke volume determination by radionuclide was 83 +/- 20 ml (mean +/- SD) and by indicator dilution 84 +/- 20 ml with a difference of -1 +/- 15 ml (NS). Cardiac output determination by radionuclide was 5.24 +/- 1.37 l min-1 and by indicator dilution 5.28 +/- 1.23 l min-1 with a difference of -0.04 +/- 0.95 l min-1 (NS). Left ventricular EF was 0.44 +/- 0.14 and right ventricular EF 0.57 +/- 0.10. The intra-observer coefficient of variation for duplicate calculations of the radionuclide determinations was 5.5% for stroke volume, 2.5% for left ventricular EF and 4.8% for right ventricular EF.
authors: Department of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, Hvidovre Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors: K H
authors: KH
authors: Stokholm
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Stubgaard
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Møgelvang
authors: O
authors: O
authors: Henriksen
mesh_terms: D001810:Blood Volume; D003326:Coronary Circulation; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D007201:Indicator Dilution Techniques; D008297:Male; D008433:Mathematics; D008875:Middle Aged; D011875:Radionuclide Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D013318:Stroke Volume