Published May 1998
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Journal article
Assessment of left ventricular function by an ambulatory radionuclide monitoring (VEST)
Creators
- 1. Huadong Hospital, Shanghai (China)
- 2. Shanghai Medical Nuclear Instrment Factory (China)
Description
Ambulatory radionuclide monitoring of left ventricular function was performed with the VEST in 35 patients with coronary artery disease and 5 normal subjects. A transient decrease in left ventricular ejection fraction (5%) lasting over 1 min was observed in 24 of the 35 patients with CAD during daily activities, only 4 episodes were accompanied with chest pain and 20 (83%) were asymptomatic. VEST may continuously monitor the change of both left ventricular function and the ECG during the activities of daily life. It was an accurate and sensitive parameter for the diagnosis of silence myocardial ischemia
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Nuclear Techniques
- Journal Volume
- 21
- Journal Issue
- 5
- Journal Page Range
- p. 275-278
- ISSN
- 0253-3219
INIS
- Country of Publication
- China
- Country of Input or Organization
- China
- INIS RN
- 29044198
- Subject category
- S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
- Descriptors DEI
- BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAMS; EVALUATION; HEART; ISCHEMIA; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MYOCARDIUM; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; TECHNETIUM 99
- Descriptors DEC
- ANEMIAS; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BODY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGRAMS; DISEASES; DRUGS; EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEART; HEMIC DISEASES; HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; INFORMATION; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LABELLED COMPOUNDS; MATERIALS; MUSCLES; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; ORGANS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOISOTOPES; SYMPTOMS; TECHNETIUM ISOTOPES; TOMOGRAPHY; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES