Table 2.

LV volumes measured by gated SPECT

Pat	EDV pre.	EDV post.	ESV pre.	ESV post.	SV pre.	SV post.	EF pre.	EF post.
1	136 ml	172 ml	88 ml	115 ml	47 ml	57 ml	35%	33%
2	174 ml	101 ml	120 ml	41 ml	54 ml	60 ml	31%	60%
3	134 ml	116 ml	69 ml	57 ml	65 ml	59 ml	48%	51%
4	108 ml	124 ml	66 ml	72 ml	42 ml	52 ml	39%	42%
5	136 ml	209 ml	88 ml	134 ml	47 ml	75 ml	35%	36%
6	n.a.	115 ml	n.a.	58 ml	n.a.	57 ml	46%*	50%
7	99 ml	128 ml	49 ml	74 ml	50 ml	54 ml	51%	42%

EDV: end diastolic volume; EF: ejection fraction; ESV: end systolic volume; LV: left ventricular; n.a.: not available; Pat: patient; post: postoperative; pre: preoperative; SPECT: single-photon emission computed tomography; SV: stroke volume; *: EF was assessed by echocardiography.