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The Radionuclide Assessment of Left Ventricular Diastolic Filling: Methodology and Clinical Significance
Author(s) -
SOUFER ROBERT,
DEY HOLLEY
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8175.1992.tb00475.x
Subject(s) - cardiology , context (archaeology) , diastole , medicine , hypertrophic cardiomyopathy , heart failure , diastolic heart failure , clinical significance , coronary artery disease , ejection fraction , blood pressure , paleontology , biology
The radionuclide measurement of diastolic performance may provide a rapid noninvasive index available in the clinical setting. These measurements may be used to detect coronary artery disease, manifestations of hypertensive heart disease, isolated diastolic heart failure, and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. The various radionuclide methods to measure diastolic filling are influenced by technological considerations, as well as applying the results in the appropriate clinical context. The importance of these derived measurements and how they correspond to various pathophysiological presentations will be discussed.