Evidence for splenic sequestration of in vivo-labeled erythrocytes.
Some of the erythrocytes labeled using an in vivo technique are sequestered by the spleen and thus lost from the circulation. Allowance for this loss must be made if calculations regarding relative changes in ventricular volumes are being made over extensive periods of time.
D002306:Cardiac Volume; D004906:Erythrocyte Count; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013154:Spleen / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013997:Time Factors