1998
Exercise testing with myocardial perfusion imaging in patients with normal baseline electrocardiograms: Cost savings with a stepwise diagnostic strategy
Mattera J, Arain S, Sinusas A, Finta L, Wackers F. Exercise testing with myocardial perfusion imaging in patients with normal baseline electrocardiograms: Cost savings with a stepwise diagnostic strategy. Journal Of Nuclear Cardiology 1998, 5: 498-506. PMID: 9796897, DOI: 10.1016/s1071-3581(98)90181-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExercise myocardial perfusion imagingCoronary artery diseaseNormal exercise electrocardiogramMyocardial perfusion imagingNormal myocardial perfusion imagingNormal resting electrocardiogramsExercise electrocardiogramExercise testingArtery diseaseIntermediate likelihoodResting electrocardiogramsAbnormal myocardial perfusion imagingDiagnostic strategiesAbnormal exercise electrocardiogramGroup 3 patientsHard cardiac eventsNonfatal myocardial infarctionNormal baseline electrocardiogramSubsequent coronary revascularizationIncremental diagnostic informationDiagnostic testing strategiesCoronary revascularizationCardiac eventsUnstable anginaConsecutive patients
1997
Long QTc and Torsades de Pointes in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Disease
KOCHERIL A, BOKHARI S, BATSFORD W, SINUSAS A. Long QTc and Torsades de Pointes in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Disease. Pacing And Clinical Electrophysiology 1997, 20: 2810-2816. PMID: 9392812, DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1997.tb05439.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLong QT syndromeHIV diseaseQTc prolongationQT syndromeIndex patientsLeft stellate ganglion blockadeHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) diseaseHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infectionStellate ganglion blockadeStellate ganglion blockImmunodeficiency virus infectionHospital-based populationStress testingComputerized ECGElectrocardiographic stress testingGanglion blockadeHI diseaseGanglion blockHIV infectionHospitalized patientsQTc intervalLonger QTcHigh prevalenceRetrospective analysisVirus infection