2021
Impaired Myocardial Flow Reserve on 82Rubidium Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography in Patients With Systemic Sclerosis.
Feher A, Boutagy NE, Oikonomou EK, Thorn S, Liu YH, Miller EJ, Sinusas AJ, Hinchcliff M. Impaired Myocardial Flow Reserve on 82Rubidium Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography in Patients With Systemic Sclerosis. The Journal Of Rheumatology 2021, 48: 1574-1582. PMID: 34266986, PMCID: PMC10275580, DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.210040.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsReduced Myocardial Flow ReserveMyocardial flow reserveRaynaud's phenomenonPrimary Raynaud's phenomenonSecondary Raynaud's phenomenonPatient controlsHealthy participantsFlow reservePositron Emission Tomography/Computed TomographyEmission Tomography/Computed TomographyTomography/Computed TomographyPositron emission tomography/Impaired Myocardial Flow ReserveCoronary microvascular dysfunctionLarge prospective studiesMultivariable logistic regressionEmission tomography/PET/CTSSc-RPMicrovascular dysfunctionClinical predictorsIndependent predictorsSystemic sclerosisPrognostic valueProspective study
2017
Quantitative Assessment of Coronary Microvascular Function
Feher A, Sinusas AJ. Quantitative Assessment of Coronary Microvascular Function. Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging 2017, 10: e006427. PMID: 28794138, PMCID: PMC5678979, DOI: 10.1161/circimaging.117.006427.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsComputed Tomography AngiographyCoronary AngiographyCoronary CirculationEchocardiographyHeart DiseasesHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMicrocirculationMyocardial Perfusion ImagingPositron-Emission TomographyPredictive Value of TestsPrognosisReproducibility of ResultsTomography, Emission-Computed, Single-PhotonConceptsCoronary microvascular dysfunctionMyocardial blood flowMicrovascular dysfunctionBlood flowMyocardial perfusionCoronary microvascular impairmentCoronary microvascular functionEpicardial coronary arteriesNormal myocardial perfusionMyocardial contrast echocardiographyAbsolute myocardial blood flowImportant prognostic relevanceMagnetic resonance imagingPositron emission tomographySingle photon emissionMicrovascular impairmentMicrovascular functionMultiple imaging modalitiesPrognostic relevanceCoronary arteryCoronary flowCoronary perfusionContrast echocardiographyClinical valueFunctional microcirculation