2020
Anger recall mental stress decreases 123I-metaiodobenzylguanidine (123I-MIBG) uptake and increases heterogeneity of cardiac sympathetic activity in the myocardium in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy
Avendaño R, Hashemi-Zonouz T, Sandoval V, Liu C, Burg M, Sinusas AJ, Lampert R, Liu YH. Anger recall mental stress decreases 123I-metaiodobenzylguanidine (123I-MIBG) uptake and increases heterogeneity of cardiac sympathetic activity in the myocardium in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy. Journal Of Nuclear Cardiology 2020, 29: 798-809. PMID: 33034036, DOI: 10.1007/s12350-020-02372-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSympathetic activityIschemic cardiomyopathyVentricular arrhythmiasICM patientsMental stressAge-matched healthy male controlsCardiac sympathetic activityHealthy control subjectsMyocardial sympathetic activityHealthy male controlsMental stress taskSPECT/CTMediastinal ratioControl subjectsHemodynamic responseAnger recallMyocardial perfusionNormal subjectsMale controlsPatientsPerfusionPsychological stressorsArrhythmiasStress taskDual-isotope imaging
2017
A blind deconvolution method incorporated with anatomical‐based filtering for partial volume correction: Validations with 123I‐mIBG cardiac SPECT/CT
Wu J, Liu H, Zonouz T, Sandoval VM, Mohy‐ud‐Din H, Lampert RJ, Sinusas AJ, Liu C, Liu Y. A blind deconvolution method incorporated with anatomical‐based filtering for partial volume correction: Validations with 123I‐mIBG cardiac SPECT/CT. Medical Physics 2017, 44: 6435-6446. PMID: 28994458, DOI: 10.1002/mp.12622.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchQuantification and Determination of Normal 123I-Meta Iodobenzylguanidine Heart-to-Mediastinum Ratio (HMR) from Cardiac SPECT/CT and Correlation with Planar HMR
Alvi R, Miller EJ, Zonouz TH, Sandoval V, Tariq N, Lampert R, Sinusas AJ, Liu YH. Quantification and Determination of Normal 123I-Meta Iodobenzylguanidine Heart-to-Mediastinum Ratio (HMR) from Cardiac SPECT/CT and Correlation with Planar HMR. Journal Of Nuclear Medicine 2017, 59: 652-658. PMID: 28916622, DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.117.197152.Peer-Reviewed Original Research