Korean Circ J.  1983 Dec;13(2):287-294. 10.4070/kcj.1983.13.2.287.

Assessment of Left Ventricular Volume Curves Using Echocardiography, Gated Radionuclide Angiography, and Contrast Left Ventriculography

• Lee MM
• Lee YW

• KMID: 2093155
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4070/kcj.1983.13.2.287

Abstract

Comparative assessment of left ventricular volume curves using echocardiography, gated radionuclide angiography, and contrast left ventriculography was done in 11 cases of valvular heart disease. The parameters obtained from the left ventricular volume curves are enddiastolic volume (EDV), endsystolic volume(ESV), stroke volume(SV), and ejection fraction(EF). The parameters obtained from derivative curves of the left ventricular volume curves are peak ejection rate(PER), peak filling rate(PFR), time to peak ejection rate(TTPER), and time to peak filling rate(TTPFR). All the parameters(EDV, ESV, SV, and EF) obtained from left ventricular volume curves using three methods relate significantly each to each. The shapes of the left ventricular volume curves obtained from three methods were similar to each other. Without significant differences, noninvasive methods can be applied for serial and repetitive left ventricular volume curve analysis.

MeSH Terms

Echocardiography*
Gated Blood-Pool Imaging*
Heart Valve Diseases
Stroke