Medical

blood pool scanning

A method of measuring the efficiency of the left VENTRICLE of the heart and of detecting ballooning (aneurysm) of the ventricle. A RADIONUCLIDE is injected into the blood and measured with a GAMMA CAMERA.

Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005

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Aneurysm
Cardiac Blood Pool Scan
Cardiac shunt
Coronary occlusive artery disease
Electrocardiogram
gated blood pool scanning
ventricle

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