2024
Refining Cardiovascular Calcification in the Appraisal of Ischemic Heart
Nguyen V, Fan J, Hafeez I, Nguyen A, Mojibian H. Refining Cardiovascular Calcification in the Appraisal of Ischemic Heart. Cureus 2024, 16: e64328. PMID: 39130835, PMCID: PMC11316457, DOI: 10.7759/cureus.64328.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCoronary artery calcificationCardiovascular calcificationPositron emission tomographySuspected ischemiaPerfusion defectsArtery calcificationMedical historyPredictor of myocardial ischemiaNon-Contrast Computed TomographyRate of cardiovascular eventsAssociation of ischemiaCT attenuation correctionChest computed tomography imagesNegative predictive valueSignificant perfusion defectsAtherosclerotic coronary artery diseaseNuclear stress testingMyocardial perfusion defectsMyocardial perfusion imagingMyocardial perfusion scanCoronary artery diseaseFollow-up dataPatient's medical historyCoronary CTAInvasive angiography
2003
Comparison of 16-frame and 8-frame gated SPET imaging for determination of left ventricular volumes and ejection fraction
Navare SM, Wackers FJ, Liu YH. Comparison of 16-frame and 8-frame gated SPET imaging for determination of left ventricular volumes and ejection fraction. European Journal Of Nuclear Medicine And Molecular Imaging 2003, 30: 1330-1337. PMID: 12838373, DOI: 10.1007/s00259-003-1231-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSingle photon emission tomographyEnd-diastolic volumeEnd-systolic volumePerfusion defectsEjection fractionMyocardial perfusionSPET imagesLV volumesLeft ventricular end-diastolic volumeVentricular end-diastolic volumeSmaller end-systolic volumeLarger end-diastolic volumeSignificant perfusion defectsMyocardial perfusion defectsRadiotracer doseHigher LVEFVentricular functionLow doseVentricular volumeEmission tomographyLV parametersDoseLVEFECG gatingPatients
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