Low dose ventriculography using a poor man's video image processor.
During revascularisation procedures repeated left ventriculography using iodine contrast materials may be an unnecessary burden on left ventricular performance. We therefore investigated in 10 patients the diagnostic quality of low dose ventriculography using a video image processor which enhanced digital left ventricular images. It is concluded that low dose ventriculography using up to 70% dilution of contrast can be diagnostic in 90% of all cases, depending of the side of interest.
D000792:Angiography / Q000379:methods; D003287:Contrast Media; D003626:Data Display; D004864:Equipment and Supplies; D006321:Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000502:physiology; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D007485:Ioxaglic Acid; D009068:Movement; D009994:Osmolar Concentration; D013382:Subtraction Technique; D014283:Triiodobenzoic Acids
D003287:Contrast Media; D014283:Triiodobenzoic Acids; D007485:Ioxaglic Acid