Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques, and Equipment

Radionuclide Ventriculography

Imaging of a ventricle of the heart after the injection of a radioactive contrast medium. The technique is less invasive than cardiac catheterization and is used to assess ventricular function.

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Imaging of a ventricle of the heart after the injection of a radioactive contrast medium. The technique is less invasive than cardiac catheterization and is used to assess ventricular function.

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  • Ventriculography, Radionuclide

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Indexed with the subheadings adverse effects, classification, drug effects, economics, ethics, history, instrumentation, methods, mortality, nursing, psychology, radiation effects, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends, veterinary.

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Indexing Annotation

"ventriculo-" refers to the heart, not the cerebral ventricles

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90

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Previous Indexing

  • Heart Ventricle/radionuclide imaging (1977-1989)
  • Heart/radionuclide imaging (1977-1989)

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  2. E01w.370.350w.710.715w.710w
  3. E01w.370.370w.050w.650w.650w
  4. E01w.370.370w.380.710w
  5. E01w.370.384.730.715w.710w

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WG 141.5.R3

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Radionuclide Ventriculography. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D015635. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D015635
  2. Radionuclide Ventriculography. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radionuclide_ventriculography
  3. Radionuclide Ventriculography. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7281299