1996
Distortion of the Terminal Portion of the QRS on the Admission Electrocardiogram in Acute Myocardial Infarction and Correlation With Infarct Size and Long-Term Prognosis (Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction 4 Trial)**This study was supported in part by a grant from SmithKline Beecham, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Birnbaum Y, Kloner R, Sclarovsky S, Cannon C, McCabe C, Davis V, Zaret B, Wackers F, Braunwald E. Distortion of the Terminal Portion of the QRS on the Admission Electrocardiogram in Acute Myocardial Infarction and Correlation With Infarct Size and Long-Term Prognosis (Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction 4 Trial)**This study was supported in part by a grant from SmithKline Beecham, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The American Journal Of Cardiology 1996, 78: 396-403. PMID: 8752182, DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(96)00326-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAge FactorsAgedAngina PectorisCardiac Output, LowCoronary AngiographyCreatine KinaseDouble-Blind MethodElectrocardiographyFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMaleMiddle AgedMyocardial InfarctionPatient AdmissionPrognosisRecurrenceRetrospective StudiesStroke VolumeSurvival RateTechnetium Tc 99m SestamibiThrombolytic TherapyTreatment OutcomeVentricular Function, LeftConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionLong-term prognosisAnterior acute myocardial infarctionCreatine kinase releaseInfarct sizeMyocardial infarctionMyocardial infarction (TIMI) 4 trialAnterior AMI patientsOne-year mortalityCoronary angiographic findingsLarger infarct sizeVentricular ejection fractionAdmission electrocardiogramHospital mortalityPrevious anginaSestamibi defectsAngiographic findingsBaseline characteristicsEjection fractionHeart failureAMI patientsClinical outcomesQRS distortionPatientsEnd point
1995
Preoperative Dipyridamole Thallium Imaging and Ambulatory Electrocardiographic Monitoring as a Predictor of Perioperative Cardiac Events and Long-term Outcome
Fleisher L, Rosenbaum S, Nelson A, Jain D, Wackers F, Zaret B. Preoperative Dipyridamole Thallium Imaging and Ambulatory Electrocardiographic Monitoring as a Predictor of Perioperative Cardiac Events and Long-term Outcome. Anesthesiology 1995, 83: 906-917.. PMID: 7486176, DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199511000-00003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overDipyridamoleElectrocardiography, AmbulatoryFemaleHeart DiseasesHumansIntraoperative ComplicationsMaleMiddle AgedPostoperative ComplicationsPredictive Value of TestsPreoperative CarePrognosisProspective StudiesRadionuclide AngiographySensitivity and SpecificitySurvival AnalysisThallium RadioisotopesVasodilator AgentsConceptsPerioperative cardiac eventsPredictive valueDipyridamole thalliumCardiac eventsPreoperative dipyridamole thallium imagingLong-term cardiac survivalGreatest likelihood ratioNoncardiac surgery patientsPerioperative cardiac morbidityDipyridamole-thallium imagingLong-term mortalityLong-term prognosisAmbulatory electrocardiographic monitoringShort-term outcomesLong-term outcomesLikelihood ratioPositive predictive valueLog-rank statisticsNuclear cardiology laboratoryCardiac morbidityNoncardiac surgerySurgery patientsThallium imagingCardiac survivalElectrocardiographic monitoring