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The left ventricular ejection fraction was measured in 57 infants and children with congenital heart disease by both first-pass radionuclide angiography and left ventricular cineangiography. The correlation coefficient for the two sets of measurements was 0.79. In subgroups without left to right shunts (n=21) and with left to right shunts (n=36) it was 0.93 and 0.37, respectively. It is concluded that measurement of the left ventricular ejection fraction by the first-pass method is valid in children, provided there is no left-to-right shunt.
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Dr. Baker is supported by the British Heart Foundation
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Baker, E.J., Ellam, S.V., Tynan, M.J. et al. First-pass measurement of left ventricular function in infants and children. Eur J Nucl Med 10, 422–425 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00256583
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00256583