TABLE 3

Validation of LV Volumes and EF Measurements Obtained by GSPECT

Reference			Study patients	No. of patients	Modality of comparison	r with GSPECT measurements
Year	Author		Study patients	No. of patients	Modality of comparison			EDV	ESV	LVEF
1999	Vaduganathan et al. (26)	Recent MI	25	MRI	0.81	0.92	0.93
1999	Tadamura et al. (27)	CAD	20	MRI	0.92	0.97	0.94
2000	Bavelaar-Croon et al. (28)	CAD	21	MRI	0.94	0.95	0.85
2000	Bax et al. (29)	CAD with LV dysfunction	25	MRI	0.84	0.87	0.90
1998	Nichols et al. (30)	CAD	58	LVG	0.87	0.91	0.86
1999	Yoshioka et al. (31)	Mixed	21	LVG	0.73	0.83	0.87
1999	Cwajg et al. (32)	Mixed	109	Echo	0.87	0.86	0.72
2001	Vourvouri et al. (33)	CAD with LV dysfunction	32	Echo	0.94	0.96	0.83
2000	Paul et al. (34)	Mixed	15	ERNA (tomographic)	0.99	0.99	0.97
2000	Chua et al. (35)	CAD with large defect	62	ERNA (planar)	0.88	0.95	0.94

MI = myocardial infarction; LVG = contrast left ventriculography; Echo = echocardiography.