Thallium - 201 Myocardial Imaging to Evaluate Right Ventricular
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The usefulness of thallium-201 myocardial imaging in assessing right ventricular (RV) overloading was evaluated and compared with the electrocardiographic and hemodynamic measurements. Multiple unprocessed photoscans were obtained using a gamma camera in 47 patients who had chronic RV overload, including 28 subjects with pressure overload, 14 with volume overload and five with pressure and volume overload. With pressure overload the degree of RV visualization (RVV) was correlated with elevation of RV systolic
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