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radionuclide ventriculography |
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ventriculography /ven·tric·u·log·ra·phy/ (ven-trik″u-log´rah-fe)
1. radiography of the cerebral ventricles after introduction of air or other contrast medium. 2. radiography of a ventricle of the heart after injection of a contrast medium. first pass ventriculography see under angiocardiography. gated blood pool ventriculography equilibrium radionuclide angiocardiography. radionuclide ventriculography see under angiocardiography. 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.
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'
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