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ArticleJournal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology2019

Assessment of left ventricular ejection fraction with cardiofocal collimators: Comparison between IQ-SPECT, planar equilibrium radionuclide angiography, and cardiac magnetic resonance.

Matthieu Pelletier-Galarneau, Vincent Finnerty, Stephanie Tan, Sebastien Authier, Jean Gregoire, Francois Harel

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Article in Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Equilibrium radionuclide angiography: Present and future.Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology · 2021
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  6. Comparison of ejection fraction calculation between CT and SPECT at high heart rate: A dynamic cardiac phantom study.Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology · 2021
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  7. Applying a correction factor to gated blood pool SPECT left ejection fraction value: Can this approach be used to get around a longstanding hurdle?Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology · 2019
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Matthieu Pelletier-GalarneauDepartment of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Montreal Heart Institute, 5000 Belanger, Montreal, QC, H1T1C8, Canada. Matthieu.pelletier-galarneau@icm-mhi.org.
Vincent FinnertyDepartment of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Montreal Heart Institute, 5000 Belanger, Montreal, QC, H1T1C8, Canada.
Stephanie TanDepartment of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Montreal Heart Institute, 5000 Belanger, Montreal, QC, H1T1C8, Canada.
Sebastien AuthierDepartment of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Montreal Heart Institute, 5000 Belanger, Montreal, QC, H1T1C8, Canada.
Jean GregoireDepartment of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Montreal Heart Institute, 5000 Belanger, Montreal, QC, H1T1C8, Canada.
Francois HarelDepartment of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Montreal Heart Institute, 5000 Belanger, Montreal, QC, H1T1C8, Canada.
Montreal Heart Institute · CA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIQ-SPECT has been shown to significantly reduce acquisition time and administered dose while preserving image quality in myocardial perfusion imaging. Whether IQ-SPECT provides accurate left ventricular ejection fractions (LVEF) with gated blood pool SPECT (GBPS) remains unknown.

methodsSixty patients underwent IQ-SPECT GBPS and planar imaging. Among those patients, 11 underwent both cMRI and GBPS. GBPS LVEF, LVEDV, and LVESV were calculated using 2 validated software; QBS (Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, USA) and MHI (Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Canada). LVEF, LVEDV, and LVESV obtained with the different modalities were compared.

resultsAverage planar LVEF was 48 ± 11% (mean ± SD), average LVEDV was 177 ± 59 mL (range 63 to 342 mL), and average LVESV was 96 ± 46 mL (range 16 to 234 mL). GBPS LVEF and their correlation coefficient with planar LVEF were 40 ± 12% (r = 0.70) and 44 ± 12% (r = 0.83) with QBS and MHI, respectively. Correlation coefficient between cMRI and planar LVEF was 0.65 and were 0.69 and 0.52 between cMRI and GBPS using QBS and MHI, respectively.

conclusionsLVEF calculated with GBPS using IQ-SPECT correlates with planar measurements. Correlation is best using the MHI method and variation is independent of LVEDV.

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AdultAgedAged, 80 and overAlgorithmsAngiographyFemaleGated Blood-Pool ImagingHeartHumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMiddle AgedMyocarditisSoftwareStroke VolumeCollimationGated blood pool imagingLeft ventricular functionRadionuclide angiography

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