Comparison of two-dimensional echocardiographic tissue harmonic imaging and gated sestamibi single-photon emission computed tomographic left ventricular ejection fraction measurements.
There was good correlation between left ventricular ejection fraction (EF) measurements employing 2-dimensional echocardiography with tissue harmonic imaging and single-photon emission computed tomography using quantitative gated scintigraphy, although in most patients, echocardiographic EF was lower. There was a high degree of agreement between these 2 techniques in assignment of EF to the categories of normal, mildly, moderately, or severely decreased. However, when EF categories did differ, echocardiography always resulted in assignment to a lower category.
Belkin
Robert N
RN
Division of Cardiology, Westchester Medical Center and New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY 10595, USA.
Ghosh
Joydeep
J
Deluca
Albert J
AJ
Alas
Lourdes A
LA
Murphy
John J
JJ
McClung
John A
JA
Visintainer
Paul
P
Sarabu
Brijmohan R
BR
Aronow
Wilbert S
WS
D000368:Aged; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013318:Stroke Volume / Q000502:physiology*; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi