PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Roy, Kattadyil T.
AU  - McGuigan, Nancy P.
AU  - Meman, Nick J.
TI  - Gated First-Pass RVEF as a Routine Procedure with Cardiac Studies
DP  - 1983 Mar 01
TA  - Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
PG  - 20--22
VI  - 11
IP  - 1
4099  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/11/1/20.short
4100  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/11/1/20.full
SO  - J. Nucl. Med. Technol.1983 Mar 01; 11
AB  - Evaluation of right ventricular function has proven to be a valuable tool in assessment of a variety of cardiac and noncardiac diseases. First-pass right ventricular studies can be easily performed with a multicrystal camera. For nuclear medicine departments with a single crystal camera, however, first-pass right ventricular studies become more difficult. We describe how the single crystal camera can be used to perform gated first-pass radionuclide angiocardiograms, a simple and effective way to determine right ventricular ejection fraction. The validity of such a first-pass study depends primarily on the administration of a compact radionuclide bolus. We have developed a simple method for bolus delivery, using the external jugular vein as the injection site. Our method, including data analysis, can be easily incorporated into routine multiple gated equilibrium cardiac studies.