Estimation of cardiac output by first-pass transit of radiotracers

To evaluate cardiac function with various tracers to be used for radionuclide scintigraphy, we examined the validity of a simplified method to measure cardiac output (CO) by modifying the equation of Stewart-Hamilton in the radionuclide study. After a bolus injection of I-123 or Tc-99m tracer, the t...

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Published in:Annals of nuclear medicine 1999-10, Vol.13 (5), p.299-302
Main Authors: Sugihara, I T, Yonekura, Y, Miyazaki, Y, Taniguchi, Y
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cardiac Output
Echocardiography, Doppler
Evaluation Studies as Topic
Heart
Heart Function Tests - methods
Heart Function Tests - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Iofetamine
Microspheres
Organophosphorus Compounds
Organotechnetium Compounds
Pulmonary arteries
Radioisotope Dilution Technique - statistics & numerical data
Radiopharmaceuticals
Regional Blood Flow
Reproducibility of Results
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Summary:To evaluate cardiac function with various tracers to be used for radionuclide scintigraphy, we examined the validity of a simplified method to measure cardiac output (CO) by modifying the equation of Stewart-Hamilton in the radionuclide study. After a bolus injection of I-123 or Tc-99m tracer, the total injection dose and count in the pulmonary artery during the first transit of the tracer were measured to calculate the CO Index. The CO Index was obtained from the integral of the first transit of radiotracers in the pulmonary artery divided by the total injected count. CO was estimated from the regression formula which was obtained by comparing the CO Index with CO measured by the Doppler echocardiographic method. There were close correlations between the CO Index and CO measured by Doppler echocardiography both in the study with I-123 (n = 13, r = 0.85, p < 0.001) and with Tc-99m (n = 17, r = 0.88, p < 0.001). The regression formula varied according to the radionuclide used for the study (CO = 2.29 x (CO Index)(0.634) for I-123 and CO = 3.18 x (CO Index)(0.518) for Tc-99m). CO measured by this method is useful for the assessment of cardiac function with various tracers in routine clinical studies, and this simple method may be utilized for assessment of organ blood flow on the basis of the microsphere model.
ISSN:0914-7187
1864-6433
DOI:10.1007/bf03164867