Scintigraphic phase analysis of abnormal A-V conduction in a baboon
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I C Dormehl1, N Hugo, A Van Gelder
1AEC Institute of Life Sciences, University of Pretoria, Republic of South Africa.
Nuklearmedizin. Nuclear Medicine
|October 1, 1988
Abstract:
During an interventional cardiac investigation on an anaesthetised baboon (Papio ursinus) the animal developed A-V block. Scintigraphic phase analysis leading to quantified intraventricular delays and histogram characteristics pointed to abnormalities which persisted even after A-V block was replaced by nodal tachycardia as was reflected by the electrocardiogram. This indicated towards an increased diagnostic sensitivity with the use of phase analytical methods.