Determination of Cardiac Output and Ejection Fraction with the Dual Cardiac Probe

AUTOR(ES)

Cardenas, Carlos G.

RESUMO

Cardiac output and left ventricular ejection fraction were determined noninvasively at the bedside in 26 patients by using a dual scintillation probe. The probe is a nonimaging detector that records a high frequency time-activity curve of the passage of an intravenously injected radioactive bolus through the heart. Results were correlated with ejection fraction measured by biplane cineangiography (r = 0.80) and cardiac output determined by green dye dilution (R = 0.86). It is concluded that the dual probe provides an accurate noninvasive means of measuring these parameters, and that it may be particularly applicable to serial measurements in patients in the intensive care unit.

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