Does ECG-gated scintigraphic imaging detect wall motion abnormalities and quantitate left ventricular function compared to contrast angiography in a patient with severe coronary artery disease?
ECG-gated scintigraphic imaging with high temporal resolution can be used to visualize the cardiac cycle, detect wall motion abnormalities, and quantitate left ventricular function.
An ECG-gated, scintigraphic imaging procedure is described in which a complete, average cardiac cycle is visualized with high temporal resolution. The ability of this method to detect wall motion abnormalities and quantitate left ventricular function is illustrated in a patient with severe coronary artery disease. These results are compared to (contrast) angiographic findings in the same patient.
Green et al. (Thu,) studied this question.