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Ventricular volume measurement

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Nuclear Cardiology in Everyday Practice

Part of the book series: Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine ((DICM,volume 146))

Abstract

Several morphological and functional aspects of the heart can be assessed with radionuclide ventriculography. With any methodology a series of images can be obtained that shows changes in volume, shape and situation of the cardiac chambers during the representative cardiac cycle1,2. Much of this information can be assessed by visual analysis of the sequence of images, usually consecutively displayed (in a cinematographic format) to give an idea of the real cardiac motion. However, current computer equipment facilitates the acquisition of several parameters reflecting ventricular function in a less subjective and more reproducible way. This has paramount importance for the follow-up of patients, which is one of the fundamental indications of such studies3, 4.

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Castell-Conesa, J. (1994). Ventricular volume measurement. In: Candell-Riera, J., Ortega-Alcalde, D. (eds) Nuclear Cardiology in Everyday Practice. Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, vol 146. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1984-9_9

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