Korean J Nucl Med.  2005 Apr;39(2):100-106.

Assessment of Ventricular Function Using Gated Blood Pool Scan and Gated Blood Pool SPECT

• Park SG

Abstract

Non-invasive evaluation of cardiac function by nuclear medicine technologies are one of the major contribution of nuclear medicine. Gated cardiac blood pool scan was once a novel and robust technique which enabled evaluation of ventricular function. Concept of EKG gating was one of the major breakthrough in nuclear cardiology. According to the evolution of echocardiographic techniques, and as the evaluation of myocardial perfusion by perfusion SPECT became feasible, number of gated blood pool study done in nuclear medicine laboratory is declining. And recently, evaluation of ventricular function with gated perfusion SPECT further decreased the use of gated blood pool scan. In this article, assessment of ventricular function using gated blood pool scan is discussed including some insight about the role of gated blood pool SPECT.

Keyword

gated blood pool scan; gated blood pool SPECT; cardiac function

MeSH Terms

Cardiology
Echocardiography
Electrocardiography
Nuclear Medicine
Perfusion
Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon*
Ventricular Function*