Left ventricular functional assessment in mice: Feasibility of high spatial and temporal resolution ECG-gated blood pool SPECT
Left ventricular functional assessment in mice: Feasibility of high spatial and temporal resolution ECG-gated blood pool SPECT
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DOI:
10.1148/radiol.2452061973
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发表时间:
2007-11-01
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影响因子:
19.7
通讯作者:
Jaszczak, Ronald J.
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Chin, Bennett B.;Metzler, Scott D.;Jaszczak, Ronald J.
Purpose:To prospectively determine feasibility of evaluating murine left ventricular ( LV) function with electrocardiographically ( ECG)- gated blood pool single photon emission computed tomography ( SPECT).Materials and Methods: All animal studies had institutional animal care and use committee approval. SPECT was performed with conventional time- binned acquisition ( eight frames per ECG cycle) in normal mice ( normal group A, n = 6) and mice with myocardial infarction ( MI) ( n = 8). To determine feasibility of high temporal resolution and rapid data acquisition, another group of normal mice ( normal group B, n = 4) underwent imaging with conventional ( eight- frame) timebinned and list- mode ( LM) acquisitions. LM acquisitions were reconstructed with eight and 16 frames per ECG cycle and 10 minutes of data ( short LM). SPECT images were assessed visually, and LV- to - lung background activity ratios were calculated. LV end- systolic and end- diastolic volumes were defined with a phase analysis and threshold method. LV ejection fraction ( LVEF) was calculated from LV volumes and count- based methods ( n = 18 mice). Fractional shortening ( FS) at echocardiography defined MI dysfunction ( mild MI: FS >= 50%; severe MI: FS < 50%). Group means were compared for significant differences with analysis of variance.Results: ECG- gated blood pool SPECT demonstrated normal, concentric LV contraction in all normal mice ( n = 10). LV- to - lung background ratio was more than 10: 1 ( range, 10.3 - 29.4; n = 18). Focal wall motion abnormalities were detected at SPECT both visually and with phase analysis in all mice with severe MI ( n = 5). Mice with severe MI had significantly lower LVEF than normal group A mice ( 32% +/- 14 [ standard deviation] vs 64% +/- 8%; P