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The Use of ¹²⁵Iodine for Precordial Counting³

Durham, North Carolina

ABSTRACT

Precordial counting of ¹²⁵iodine albumin with small, light weight detectors for determination of cardiac output is reported for the first time. The system works well in human subjects with an unshielded and uncollimated wafer scintillation crystal. Radiation exposures are lower that with comparable doses of ¹³¹I albumin. In 16 patients (62 determinations), including some with heart disease, cardiac output values measured with ¹²⁵I albumin and with ¹³¹I albumin showed a high degree of correlation.

FOOTNOTES

³ This investigation was supported in part by a grant from the North Carolina Heart Association.

¹ With the technical assistance of Judith R. Forrest, B.S.

² From the Radioisotope and Medical Services, Veterans Administration Hospital and the Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.