INHALATION RADIOCARDIOGRAPHY
Authors: H G THODE, L A DONATO, G H DUBUS, P F NACE, C H JAIMET
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1958)

Article1 March 1958INHALATION RADIOCARDIOGRAPHYH. G. THODE, L. A. DONATO, G. H. DEBUS, P. F. NACE, C. H. JAIMETH. G. THODE, L. A. DONATO, G. H. DEBUS, P. F. NACE, C. H. JAIMETAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-48-3-537 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptA method has been described previously for the determination of diastolic and residual blood volumes of the heart after intravenous injection of a radioactive tracer (gamma emitter), recording the time-concentration curve over the cardiac area by means of a scintillation counter.1 The method has been applied successfully to the evaluation of diastolic and residual blood volume in the right ventricle of normal subjects,2 using radioiodinated human serum albumin.It has been pointed out1that the radiocardiogram obtained by intravenous injection of radioactive tracer cannot be used in the same way for the calculation of the left heart volume, because of...Bibliography1. 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To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: H. G. THODE; L. A. DONATO; G. H. DEBUS; P. F. NACE; C. H. JAIMET*Received for publication July 29, 1957.From the Departments of Medical Research, Chemistry and Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.†International Rotary Fellow at McMaster University, 1956-57. On leave from Centro Medicina Nucleare, Clinica Medica, Universita, Pisa, Italy.‡Postdoctoral Research Fellow at McMaster University, 1956-57. On leave from Studiecentrum voor toepassing van kernenergie, Mol-Donck, Belgium.§Equipment for the histologic study was provided by Research Grant A-1129 from the National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases of the National Institutes of Health, United States Public Health Service, to the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Charles H. Jaimet, M.D., Department of Medical Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. 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