PMID: 3757026Jan 1, 1986Paper

New principles for optimum left ventriculography

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis
F J HildnerP Samet

Abstract

Left ventriculography has become the single most important procedure in the evaluation of cardiac function. This study reevaluated the refinements of catheter and power injector technology to assess recommendations of past years and establish new principles for optimum ventriculography. Ventriculograms from 102 patients undergoing left heart catheterization and coronary arteriography for coronary, valvular, and myocardial heart disease served as the test sample. Three styles of #7F high-flow 110-cm pigtail catheters were utilized. One had 12 sideholes while the other two had six sideholes positioned nearer the base of the curl. Analysis of ventriculographic quality of each angiogram was performed by three of the authors independently and subsequently together. Five variables were analyzed for their effect on the diagnostic quality of the angiogram: 6-hole catheters, 12-hole catheters, volume of contrast, flow rate, and location of injection. Once these analyses were complete, the effect of combinations of these variables was tested to determine their effect on angiographic quality. The first combination included contrast volume and flow rate. The second combination compared contrast volume and flow rate when utilized with 6- or...Continue Reading

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