Radionuclide Imaging to Determine Cardiac Function

• Learning Objectives
• Introduction
• Introduction to Gating
• Gated Equilibrium Radionuclide Ventriculography
• Gated SPECT
• Key Points

Key Points

• Gating is an invaluable tool in clinical practice for the estimation of LV systolic funciton
• Gating is an accurate and reproducible way of assessing left ventricular function
• Gating provides important prognostic information
• Parametric images are useful to identify various cardiac pathologies

 

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