A two-centre comparison of left ventricular ejection fraction measured by gated blood pool imaging

This study demonstrates the variability that can exist between two centres where different techniques are used for gated cardiac analysis. Significant statistical differences were demonstrated despite both methods being adequately validated with low interobserver variation within each centre. These differences were largely due to problems in the definition of the atrio-ventricular boundary at end-systole. Despite statistical variations, the clinical status of at least 90% of patients was judged the same at the two centres