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Left ventricular function: correlation of quantitative gated SPECT and MR imaging over a wide range of values
C D Bavelaar-Croon1, H W Kayser, E E van der Wall
1Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Albinusdreef 2, C4Q-80, 2333 ZA Leiden, the Netherlands. C.Bavelaar-Croon@inter.nl.net
Radiology
|November 4, 2000
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.