Abstract:
Objective To explore the correlation of automatic quantification of left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) from gated myocardial perfusion SPECT with
20lTl and rest equilibrium gated blood-pool imaging with
99mTc-red blood cell.
Methods Rest gated myocardial perfusion SPECT with
20lTl was performed on 72 cases. AUTOQUANT 4.21 software was used to measure LVEF. Rest equilibrium gated blood-pool imaging was also performed within 24 h. The values of LVEF measured by two methods were calculated and compared.
Results ① There were strong correlation between the LVEF measured by rest gated myocardial perfusion SPECT and rest equilibrium gated blood-pool imaging(
r=0.554,
P=0.000). There was no significant difference between the two methods (
t=1.194,
P>0.05). ② There was no significant difference between the two methods among different disease groups. ③ The values of LVEF measured by two methods were (64.68 ±10.77)% and (62.46±8.99)%. The values of LVEF measured by gated myocardial perfusion SPECT was higher 3.55% than rest equilibrium gated blood-pool imaging.
Conclusion There was good correlation between the LVEF measured with gated myocardial perfusion SPECT by AUTOQUANT 4.21 software and gated blood-pool imaging. The LVEF can be accurately evaluated using gated myocardial perfusion SPECT with
20lTl. The value of LVEF measured by gated myocardial perfusion SPECT was higher than rest equilibrium gated blood-pool imaging.