Cardiac ventriculography
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| Cardiac ventriculography | |
|---|---|
 Left ventriculography during systole showing apical ballooning akinesis with basal hyperkinesis in a patient with takotsubo cardiomyopathy. | |
| Purpose | test cardiac function in the right, or left ventricle. |
Cardiac ventriculography is a
cardiac chamber catheterization
.
The 3 major measurements obtained by cardiac ventriculography are:
- Ejection Fraction
- Stroke Volume
- Cardiac Output
These three measurements share a commonality of ratios between
end diastolic volume
and all lend mathematical structure to the common medical term systole.
Radionuclide ventriculography
Radionuclide ventriculography is a form of
nuclear imaging, where a gamma camera is used to create an image following injection of radioactive material, usually Technetium-99m
(99mTc).
References
- ISBN 9781469830469. Retrieved 2 September 2018.Google books no page number
Further reading
- Topol, Eric J. (2000), Cleveland Clinic Heart Book, Hyperion, ISBN 0-7868-6495-8
- http://healthguide.howstuffworks.com/nuclear-ventriculography-dictionary.htm
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