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Constancy and Variability of Gallbladder Ejection Fraction: Impact on Diagnosis and Therapy

¹ Department of Nuclear Medicine, Tuality Community Hospital/Tuality Healthcare, Hillsboro, Oregon
² Diagnostic Radiology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon

View larger version (28K): [in a new window]   FIGURE 1. Correlation between EF-1 and EF-2 in control subjects and patients with CAC and CCC (opioid group excluded). Note good correlation between 2 EFs, with r = 0.73 (P < 0.0001). Solid line shows regression; dashed line shows line of identity.

View larger version (26K): [in a new window]   FIGURE 2. Mean ± SD for first (EF-1) and second (EF-2) GBEF in control, CAC, and CCC groups. EF-1 and EF-2 values are not significantly different within groups (P > 0.05) but are significantly low in CAC (P < 0.0001) and CCC (P < 0.0003) when compared with control subjects.