1994
Effects of altered left ventricular geometry on quantitative technetium 99m sestamibi defect size in humans: Perfusion imaging during coronary angioplasty
Haronian H, Sinusas A, Remetz M, Brennan J, Cabin H, Zaret B, Wackers F. Effects of altered left ventricular geometry on quantitative technetium 99m sestamibi defect size in humans: Perfusion imaging during coronary angioplasty. Journal Of Nuclear Cardiology 1994, 1: 150-158. PMID: 9420682, DOI: 10.1007/bf02984087.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPercutaneous transluminal coronary angioplastyLeft ventricular geometryAltered left ventricular geometryCoronary angioplastyRegional wall motionVentricular geometryEnd-diastolic imagesMyocardial perfusionExercise-induced myocardial ischemiaAbnormal regional wall motionMyocardial risk areaTransluminal coronary angioplastyQuantitative defectsExperimental animal modelsPlanar myocardial perfusionMyocardial perfusion imagingQuantitative technetiumResultsNine patientsVentricular functionCoronary arteryMyocardial infarctionVessel occlusionMyocardial ischemiaPerfusion defectsWall motion
1984
Pathoanatomic correlates of regional left ventricular wall motion assessed by equilibrium radionuclide angiocardiography: A postmortem correlation
Sinusas A, Hardin N, Clements J, Wackers F. Pathoanatomic correlates of regional left ventricular wall motion assessed by equilibrium radionuclide angiocardiography: A postmortem correlation. The American Journal Of Cardiology 1984, 54: 975-981. PMID: 6496360, DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(84)80128-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAbnormal regional wall motionRegional wall motionPostmortem findingsPathoanatomic correlatesEquilibrium radionuclideLeft bundle branch blockNormal regional wall motionGross myocardial lesionsLeft ventricular wall motionBundle branch blockLeft ventricular segmentsRegional left ventricular wall motionVentricular wall motionFalse-negative segmentsCoronary arterySevere stenosisMyocardial infarctionNontransmural infarctionBranch blockVentricular segmentsWall motionMyocardial lesionsPatientsPredictive valueAbnormal segments