title: Usefulness of quantitative gated single-photon emission computed tomography to evaluate ventricular synchrony in patients receiving biventricular pacing.
abstract: Quantitative gated single-photon emission computed tomography was performed in 10 patients before and shortly after (<1 month) receiving biventricular pacing (BVP). They were divided into 2 groups (responder and nonresponder groups) on the basis of clinical status and echocardiographic parameters 18 +/- 6 months later. In the responder group, left ventricular synchrony shortly after BVP improved significantly compared with that before BVP (p <0.05), but there was no change in the nonresponder group.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Gunma Prefectural Cardiovascular Center, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan.
authors.forename: Hideki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tsurugaya
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tada
authors.forename: Takuji
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Toyama
authors.forename: Shigeto
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Naito
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Adachi
authors.forename: Ryo-taro
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Seki
authors.forename: Akihiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nogami
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hoshizaki
authors.forename: Masahiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kurabayashi
authors.forename: Shigeru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oshima
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Taniguchi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D002037:Bundle-Branch Block / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D002303:Cardiac Output, Low / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D015637:Gated Blood-Pool Imaging; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi