Cardiology

Scientists at University Medical Center release new data on cardiology

Published in Telemedicine Law Weekly, January 30th, 2010

According to recent research from Netherlands, "The significance of left ventricular (LV) dyssynchrony for the prediction of response to cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) has been demonstrated. Parameters reflecting LV dyssynchrony (phase SD, histogrambandwidth) can be derived from gated myocardial perfusion SPECT (GMPS) using phase analysis."

"The feasibility of LV dyssynchrony assessment with phase analysis on GMPS using Quantitative Gated SPECT (QGS) software has not been demonstrated in patients undergoing CRT. The aim of the present study was to validate the QGS algorithm for phase analysis on GMPS in a direct comparison with echocardiography using tissue...

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Source: Telemedicine Law Weekly (2010-01-30)

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