[Evaluation of the automatic quantification of left ventricular function using ECG gated 99mTc-MIBI myocardial SPECT]

Kaku Igaku. 1997 Dec;34(12):1093-9.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

We studied the accuracy of left ventricular (LV) volumes and ejection fraction (EF) derived from ECG gated 99mTc-sestamibi myocardial perfusion SPECT (G-SPECT) and the software for automatic data analysis (QGS program described by Germano G et al.). G-SPECT was performed in 29 patients with various cardiac diseases. LV end-diastolic and end-systolic volumes (LVEDV and LVESV), and LVEF determined by QGS program were compared to those by Simpson method in biplane left ventriculography (LVG). Interobserver reproducibility in measuring the G-SPECT parameters was excellent (LVEDV: r = 0.99, LVESV: r = 0.99, LVEF: r = 0.97). There was a good correlation between the values obtained from G-SPECT and LVG (LVEDV: r = 0.92, LVESV: r = 0.94, LVEF: r = 0.85), but G-SPECT tended to underestimate LVEDV and LVEF. In 17 patients with moderate to severe myocardial perfusion defects selected from the subjects, the correlation was maintained fairly high (LVEDV: r = 0.90, LVESV: r = 0.92, LVEF: r = 0.77). In conclusion, QGS program provides high accuracy and reproducibility in determining LV volumes and LVEF from G-SPECT.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Electrocardiography
  • Female
  • Heart / diagnostic imaging*
  • Heart Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Diseases / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / methods*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Radiopharmaceuticals*
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Software Validation
  • Software*
  • Stroke Volume
  • Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi*
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
  • Ventricular Function, Left*

Substances

  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi