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Assessment of Left Ventricular Global Function

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Book cover Radioisotope studies in cardiology

Part of the book series: Developments in Nuclear Medicine ((DNUM,volume 8))

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Abstract

Radionuclide Ventriculography (RNV), i.e. the noninvasive evaluation of left ventricular performance following the application of radionuclides has had a major impact on many aspects of cardiology and has proven its clinical value and reliability in the last few years. Nowadays it is an accepted method in clinical practice and permits the assessment of both regional and global cardiac function. Although the following deals mainly with the changes in global left ventricular function, this cannot be regarded separately from changes in regional function (1–6), in terms of describing impaired left ventricular performance; they are both complementary and interrelated aspects of the same problem.

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Breuel, HP., Bähre, M. (1985). Assessment of Left Ventricular Global Function. In: Biersack, H.J., Cox, P.H. (eds) Radioisotope studies in cardiology. Developments in Nuclear Medicine, vol 8. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5022-1_5

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