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Am J Cardiol
; 92(6): 759-62, 2003 Sep 15.
Artículo
en Inglés
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-12972130
RESUMEN
There was good correlation between left ventricular ejection fraction (EF) measurements employing 2-dimensional echocardiography with tissue harmonic imaging and single-photon emission computed tomography using quantitative gated scintigraphy, although in most patients, echocardiographic EF was lower. There was a high degree of agreement between these 2 techniques in assignment of EF to the categories of normal, mildly, moderately, or severely decreased. However, when EF categories did differ, echocardiography always resulted in assignment to a lower category.