Автор |
Graham A Wright |
Автор |
Mark McDade |
Автор |
William Keeble |
Автор |
William Martin |
Автор |
Ian Hutton |
Дата выпуска |
2001-05-01 |
dc.description |
Gated SPECT (GSPECT) was evaluated for the measurement of left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) by comparing with equilibrium gated radionuclide ventriculography (RNVG). A total of 99 subjects underwent GSPECT and RNVG imaging. All studies were acquired in list mode with GSPECT studies processed to give 16- and 8-frames per R-R interval, and RNVG studies 24 frames per R-R interval. The Cedars-Sinai QGS software was used to calculate ejection fraction from GSPECT studies. RNVG studies were processed using a manually drawn single region of interest technique. Comparison of LVEF from GSPECT with RNVG yielded correlation coefficients of 0.82 and 0.81 for 16- and 8-frame GSPECT studies respectively. The mean 95% prediction interval was 33±11 percentage points for both 16- and 8-frame studies, indicating a great disparity between predicted ejection fraction values from GSPECT and actual RNVG values. Subgroup analysis of 29 patients with pathological Q-wave evidence of myocardial infarction demonstrated a poorer correlation coefficient of r = 0.69. Subgroup analysis of 32 patients with end-diastolic volumes <100 ml demonstrated a poorer correlation coefficient of r = 0.32. Ejection fractions calculated from 16- and 8-frame studies showed a correlation of 0.99 with a mean 95% prediction interval of 8.7±0.04 percentage points. The 8-frame studies underestimated LVEF by 3.6±2.3% compared to the 16-frame studies. In conclusion, left ventricular ejection fractions calculated using the QGS algorithm from GSPECT studies are inadequate for use in clinical practice. |
Формат |
application.pdf |
Издатель |
Institute of Physics Publishing |
Название |
Are ejection fractions from gated SPECT perfusion studies clinically useful? A comparison with radionuclide ventriculography |
Тип |
paper |
DOI |
10.1088/0967-3334/22/2/312 |
Electronic ISSN |
1361-6579 |
Print ISSN |
0967-3334 |
Журнал |
Physiological Measurement |
Том |
22 |
Первая страница |
413 |
Последняя страница |
422 |
Выпуск |
2 |