Radionuclide assessment of peripheral intravascular capacity: a technique to measure intravascular volume changes in the capacitance circulation in man.
Rutlen D, Wackers F, Zaret B. Radionuclide assessment of peripheral intravascular capacity: a technique to measure intravascular volume changes in the capacitance circulation in man. Circulation 1981, 64: 146-152. PMID: 6786793, DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.64.1.146.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCapacitance vasculatureVascular capacityIntravascular spaceIntegrated cardiovascular functionIntravascular volume changesGamma camera imagingVenous returnLeg elevationSublingual nitroglycerinVentricular performanceContralateral forearmCardiovascular functionCardiac performanceRadionuclide assessmentBlood volumeRadionuclide imagingPathophysiologic statesPatientsCardiac imagingTwo minutesForearmMenNitroglycerinCountVasculature