4. Clinical Usefulness of ECG-gated SPECT (Symposium I : Usefulness of Cardiac Function Assessment by Gated SPECT) (The 59th Annual Scientific Congress)

[Assessment of regional myocardial function by ECG-gated myocardial SPECT].

PURPOSES Regional myocardial functional parameters were assessed by ECG-gated myocardial SPECT analysis in normal subjects and ischemic heart diseases. METHODS Normal subjects (13 male and 10 female) and 51 patients with chronic ischemic heart disease underwent ECG-gated myocardial SPECT. A dose of 740 MBq of 99mTc-MIBI was injected at rest, and gated SPECT was performed 60 min later. Wall mo...

Clinical usefulness of ECG-gated 18F-FDG PET combined with 99mTC-MIBI gated SPECT for evaluating myocardial viability and function.

OBJECTIVES This study sought to evaluate an imaging approach using gated 99mTc-MIBI (MIBI) SPECT and gated 18F-FDG (FDG) PET for assessment of myocardial viability and cardiac function. METHODS Forty-eight patients (38 men, mean age 68.1 +/- 9.6 years) underwent ECG-gated FDG PET and MIBI SPECT within a week. The baseline diagnoses were coronary artery disease (31), mitral regurgitation (1), ...

[Assessment of ECG-gated myocardial SPECT analysis program with cardiac phantom and clinical data].

PURPOSES ECG-gated myocardial SPECT program (QGS) is coming into wide use. This program permits measurement of end-diastolic volume (EDV), and end-systolic volume (ESV) and ejection fraction (EF) by automatic detection of myocardial edges. We assessed the reproducibility, accuracy, factors that affect the measurement of these indices using a cardiac phantom and clinical data. METHODS In the p...

The role of SPECT and gated SPECT

Evaluation of myocardial perfusion and function after kidney transplantation by Gated SPECT myocardial perfusion scintigraphy

Introduction: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of successful kidney transplantation (KT) on myocardial perfusion and left ventricular function by both qualitative (visual) interpretation and semiquantitative parameters, using myocardial perfusion scintigraphy with gated-single photon emission computed tomography (gated-SPECT) in patients suffering from end-stage renal disease. ...