2021
Comparison of diabetes to other prognostic predictors among patients referred for cardiac stress testing: A contemporary analysis from the REFINE SPECT Registry
Han D, Rozanski A, Gransar H, Tzolos E, Miller RJH, Sharir T, Einstein AJ, Fish MB, Ruddy TD, Kaufmann PA, Sinusas AJ, Miller EJ, Bateman TM, Dorbala S, Di Carli M, Liang JX, Hu LH, Dey D, Berman DS, Slomka PJ. Comparison of diabetes to other prognostic predictors among patients referred for cardiac stress testing: A contemporary analysis from the REFINE SPECT Registry. Journal Of Nuclear Cardiology 2021, 29: 3003-3014. PMID: 34757571, PMCID: PMC9085969, DOI: 10.1007/s12350-021-02810-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMajor adverse cardiovascular eventsCoronary artery diseaseTotal perfusion deficitCardiac stress testingStress testingComparison of diabetesAdverse cardiovascular eventsStress test patientsCardiac stress test patientsREFINE SPECT registryDM statusMACE riskBackgroundDiabetes mellitusCardiovascular eventsArtery diseaseVentricular functionPrognostic predictorClinical variablesPerfusion deficitsChi-square analysisSPECT-MPIPatientsTest patientsPropensity scorePotent predictor
2020
Impact of Early Revascularization on Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Relation to Automatically Quantified Ischemia
Azadani PN, Miller RJH, Sharir T, Diniz MA, Hu LH, Otaki Y, Gransar H, Liang JX, Eisenberg E, Einstein AJ, Fish MB, Ruddy TD, Kaufmann PA, Sinusas AJ, Miller EJ, Bateman TM, Dorbala S, Di Carli M, Tamarappoo BK, Dey D, Berman DS, Slomka PJ. Impact of Early Revascularization on Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Relation to Automatically Quantified Ischemia. JACC Cardiovascular Imaging 2020, 14: 644-653. PMID: 32828784, PMCID: PMC7987223, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2020.05.039.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIschemic total perfusion deficitTotal perfusion deficitEarly revascularizationSPECT-MPIMajor adverse cardiovascular eventsPropensity scoreMultivariable Cox modelingAdverse cardiovascular eventsSingle-center dataContemporary cardiology practiceSingle photon emissionCardiovascular eventsPrimary outcomeCardiac deathConsecutive patientsCox modelingMulticenter studyPerfusion deficitsInternational registryRevascularizationCardiology practicePatientsIschemiaSignificant associationMACE