radionuclide ventriculography


ventriculography

 [ven-trik″u-log´rah-fe] 1. radiography of the cerebral ventricles after introduction of air or other contrast medium. This study is no longer used to examine the brain; being replaced by CT and MRI.2. radiography of a ventricle of the heart after injection of a contrast medium.first pass ventriculography first pass radionuclide angiocardiography.gated blood pool ventriculography equilibrium radionuclide angiocardiography.radionuclide ventriculography radionuclide angiocardiography.

ra·di·o·nu·clide an·gi·o·car·di·og·ra·phy

the display, by means of a stationary scintillation camera device, of the passage of a bolus of a rapidly injected radiopharmaceutical through the heart. Synonym(s): radionuclide ventriculography

radionuclide ventriculography

Imaging The use of radionuclides to study left ventricular changes during diastole Indications Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, HTN, anthracycline-induced cardiomyopathy, CAD ; RV is the 'gold standard' for estimating right ventricular ejection fractions