title: Left ventricular function: correlation of quantitative gated SPECT and MR imaging over a wide range of values.
abstract: In 21 patients, the authors compared results with quantitative gated single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) to results with magnetic resonance imaging in the assessment of left ventricular (LV) end-diastolic volume (LVEDV), end-systolic volume (LVESV), and ejection fraction (LVEF). Between the two methods, correlations were good for LVEF (r = 0.85), LVEDV (r = 0.94), and LVESV (r = 0.95). Quantitative gated SPECT can help determine LVEF, LVEDV, and LVESV.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Albinusdreef 2, C4Q-80, 2333 ZA Leiden, the Netherlands. C.Bavelaar-Croon@inter.nl.net
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Bavelaar-Croon
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Kayser
authors.forename: E E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: van der Wall
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: de Roos
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dibbets-Schneider
authors.forename: E K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Pauwels
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Germano
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Atsma
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013318:Stroke Volume; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left