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Categorization of abnormal left ventricular function: comparison between radionuclide angiographic and
A Breekland1, P K Blanksma, R A Kengen
1Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Groningen, The Netherlands.
The American Journal of Cardiology
|January 1, 1997
Abstract:
In postinfarction patients, only biplane echocardiographic evaluation of left ventricular ejection fraction (EF) accurately predicts radionuclide EF > or <0.35, 0.40, and 0.45. A wall motion scoring system that does not account for hyperkinesia of healthy myocardium may be used to discriminate between radionuclide EF > or <0.40 or 0.45, but lacks accuracy for 0.35.