Cardiac blood-pool imaging in oncology - More than an ejection fraction?

Cardiac function is commonly evaluated in patients with cancer in most nucl ear medicine departments. At their dedicated cancer facility, the authors r outinely perform a dynamic right anterior oblique first-pass study and a 4- minute left anterior oblique static planar study in addition to the routine equilibrium gated scanning in appropriate projections. Here they show the range of noncardiac disease encountered using this protocol. Useful unexpec ted information can be obtained from left ventricular ejection studies, and further data may be gained from these simple additions to this common test .