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Planar Equilibrium Radionuclide Angiocardiography Acquisition and Processing Protocols

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Nuclear Cardiology: The Basics

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Planar equilibrium radionuclide angiocardiography (ERNA), also known as radionuclide ventriculography (RVG), gated blood pool imaging (GBPI), or MUGA (multigated acquisition), is performed in most laboratories considerably less frequently than radionuclide myocardial perfusion imaging. ERNA is the most reproducible, accurate, and simple method for noninvasively assessing left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) (1,2).

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  1. Cardiovascular Nuclear Imaging and Exercise Laboratories; Department of Diagnostic Imaging (Nuclear Cardiology); and Department of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA

    Frans J. Th. Wackers MD, PhD (Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and Medicine; Director)

  2. Cardiovascular Nuclear Imaging and Exercise Laboratories, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT, USA

    Wendy Bruni BS, CNMT (Chief Technologist)

  3. Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA

    Barry L. Zaret MD (Robert W. Berliner Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine) and Professor of Diagnostic Radiology; Chief, Section of Cardiovascular Medicine; Associate Chair for Clinical Affairs)

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  1. Frans J. Th. Wackers MD, PhD
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Wackers, F.J.T., Bruni, W., Zaret, B.L. (2004). Planar Equilibrium Radionuclide Angiocardiography Acquisition and Processing Protocols. In: Nuclear Cardiology: The Basics. Contemporary Cardiology. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-426-9_8

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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-426-9_8

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