title: MDCT assessment of right ventricular systolic function.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective of our study was to validate using MDCT for the assessment of right ventricular (RV) function. MDCT with retrospective ECG gating was performed in 15 patients being evaluated for suspected cardiovascular disease. Echocardiography was performed for comparison. The MDCT images were reconstructed at 20 phase points over the cardiac cycle. The end-diastolic and end-systolic volumes of both ventricles were measured. Stroke volumes and ejection fractions were calculated from these data.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  RV volumes can be accurately assessed using MDCT.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, C2-S, Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Halil
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Doğan
authors.forename: Lucia J M
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Kroft
authors.forename: Jeroen J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Bax
authors.forename: Joanne D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Schuijf
authors.forename: Rob J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: van der Geest
authors.forename: Joost
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Doornbos
authors.forename: Albert
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: de Roos
mesh_terms: D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009929:Organ Size; D013599:Systole; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D016278:Ventricular Function, Right