title: [Digital subtraction ventriculography in determining global and regional left ventricular parameters compared to left catheterization cardiography].
abstract: Since May 1982 we studied more than 150 patients with heart diseases by means of digital angiography, out of them 46 patients with a history of transmural myocardial infarction were selected. Urografin 76, 30 ml, was administered at a flow rate of 18 ml/s by means of a catheter in the superior vena cava during digital subtraction ventriculography. Results were compared with conventional contrast ventriculograms. The correlation coefficient was r = 0.93 (p less than 0.001) for determination of ejection fraction with both methods. The data in individual cases suggest that DSV is more sensitive than conventional contrast ventriculography in determination of severely reduced ejection fractions. The methods are practically identical in qualitative evaluation of disorders of regional wall motion in the anterolateral region, while DSV is more sensitive than conventional ventriculography in evaluating the apical region. Sensitivity was 85.7% when the two methods were compared in evaluation of the inferior region of the left ventricle. Both methods are identical in demonstration of severely deformed ventricles. Digital subtraction ventriculography may replace conventional contrast ventriculography in some of the situations discussed above.
mesh_terms: D000703:Analog-Digital Conversion; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D012044:Regression Analysis; D013318:Stroke Volume; D013382:Subtraction Technique
vernacular_title: Die digitale Subtraktions- Ventrikulographie bei der Bestimmung globaler und regionaler linksventrikulärer Parameter im Vergleich zur Katheter-Laevokardiographie.