Effects of Mental Stress on Left Ventricular and Peripheral Vascular Performance in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease
Jain D, Shaker M, Burg M, Wackers F, Soufer R, Zaret B. Effects of Mental Stress on Left Ventricular and Peripheral Vascular Performance in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 1998, 31: 1314-1322. PMID: 9581726, DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(98)00092-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLeft ventricular ejection fractionPeripheral vascular resistanceCoronary artery diseaseRate-pressure productStress-induced fallSystolic blood pressureArtery diseaseBlood pressureCardiac outputHeart rateMental stressGroup IHemodynamic variablesAnger recallGroup IIMental stressorsEnd-systolic ventricular elastanceMental stress-induced changesSemisupine bicycle exerciseGroup II patientsComparable increaseDiastolic blood pressureVentricular ejection fractionExercise-induced changesVascular resistanceLimitations of dobutamine for enhancing flow heterogeneity in the presence of single coronary stenosis: implications for technetium-99m-sestamibi imaging.
Wu JC, Yun JJ, Heller EN, Dione DP, DeMan P, Liu YH, Zaret BL, Wackers FJ, Sinusas AJ. Limitations of dobutamine for enhancing flow heterogeneity in the presence of single coronary stenosis: implications for technetium-99m-sestamibi imaging. Journal Of Nuclear Medicine 1998, 39: 417-25. PMID: 9529285.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSingle-vessel stenosisMyocardial blood flowDobutamine stressCoronary stenosisTechnetium-99mBlood flowLeft circumflex artery stenosisCircumflex artery stenosisFlow deficitsSingle coronary stenosisCoronary artery diseaseRate-pressure productRegional myocardial blood flowLeft ventricular pressurePeak dobutamine stressOpen-chest dogsNonischemic flowArtery diseaseArtery stenosisPeak dobutamineSestamibi activitySevere stenosisVentricular pressureSestamibi imagingIschemic zone