2008
Utility of Cardiac Biomarkers in Predicting Infarct Size, Left Ventricular Function, and Clinical Outcome After Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction
Chia S, Senatore F, Raffel O, Lee H, Wackers F, Jang I. Utility of Cardiac Biomarkers in Predicting Infarct Size, Left Ventricular Function, and Clinical Outcome After Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction. JACC Cardiovascular Interventions 2008, 1: 415-423. PMID: 19463339, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2008.04.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAngioplasty, Balloon, CoronaryBenzenesulfonatesBiomarkersCardiovascular AgentsCoronary AngiographyCreatine Kinase, MB FormDisease-Free SurvivalFemaleHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateMaleMiddle AgedMyocardial InfarctionMyocardiumPiperazinesPredictive Value of TestsProportional Hazards ModelsProspective StudiesRisk AssessmentStroke VolumeTime FactorsTomography, Emission-Computed, Single-PhotonTreatment OutcomeTroponin ITroponin TUnited StatesVentricular Function, LeftConceptsST-segment elevation myocardial infarctionPrimary percutaneous coronary interventionPrimary PCIElevation myocardial infarctionPercutaneous coronary interventionInfarct sizeClinical outcomesMyocardial infarctionCardiac biomarkersCoronary interventionCreatine kinaseCK-MBLarge ST-segment elevation myocardial infarctionTroponin TIntracellular calcium modulatorsLarger infarct sizeVentricular ejection fractionCardiac biomarker levelsLeft ventricular functionComposite clinical eventsTime-concentration curveEVOLVE trialLower LVEFAdverse eventsEjection fraction
1996
Prognostic value of noninvasive testing one year after orthotopic cardiac transplantation
Verhoeven P, Lee F, Ramahi T, Franco K, de Leon C, Amatruda J, Gorham N, Mattera J, Wackers F. Prognostic value of noninvasive testing one year after orthotopic cardiac transplantation. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 1996, 28: 183-189. PMID: 8752812, DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(96)00094-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoronary artery vasculopathyOrthotopic cardiac transplantationCardiac transplantationEquilibrium radionuclide angiographyPrognostic valueRadionuclide angiographyClinical variablesNoninvasive testingHuman leukocyte antigen mismatchesStress thallium-201 imagingThallium-201 myocardial perfusion imagingConsecutive transplant recipientsRoutine noninvasive testingStress myocardial imagingCold ischemic timeStress myocardial perfusionThallium-201 imagingTwo-dimensional echocardiographyNoninvasive diagnostic testingMyocardial perfusion imagingOnly significant predictorAntigen mismatchesLate deathsTransplant recipientsIschemic time
1994
Limited usefulness of exercise testing and thallium scintigraphy in evaluation of ambulator patients several months after recovery from an acute coronary event: Implications for management of stable coronary heart disease
Krone R, Gregory J, Freedland K, Kleiger R, Wackers F, Bodenheimer M, Benhorin J, Schwartz R, Parker J, van Voorhees L, Moss A, Group F. Limited usefulness of exercise testing and thallium scintigraphy in evaluation of ambulator patients several months after recovery from an acute coronary event: Implications for management of stable coronary heart disease. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 1994, 24: 1274-1281. PMID: 7930250, DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(94)90109-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStable coronary diseaseAcute coronary eventsNonfatal myocardial infarctionThallium-201 scintigraphyCardiac eventsCoronary eventsCoronary diseaseCardiac deathHospital admissionMyocardial infarctionNonfatal infarctionEnd pointUnstable anginaExercise testingObstructive coronary artery diseaseStable coronary heart diseaseExercise testing variablesSubsequent cardiac eventsCoronary artery diseaseGroup of patientsCoronary heart diseaseProportional hazards modelThallium perfusionCardiac causesIdentifies patients
1993
Detection and significance of myocardial ischemia in stable patients after recovery from an acute coronary event. Multicenter Myocardial Ischemia Research Group.
Moss A, Goldstein R, Hall W, Bigger J, Fleiss J, Greenberg H, Bodenheimer M, Krone R, Marcus F, Wackers F. Detection and significance of myocardial ischemia in stable patients after recovery from an acute coronary event. Multicenter Myocardial Ischemia Research Group. JAMA 1993, 269: 2379-85. PMID: 8479063, DOI: 10.1001/jama.269.18.2379.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute coronary eventsSymptomatic myocardial ischemiaCoronary eventsST depressionMyocardial ischemiaExercise-induced ST depressionReversible thallium-201 defectsSubsequent coronary eventsHigh-risk subsetST-segment depressionThallium-201 scintigraphyThallium-201 defectsAcute myocardial infarctionNoninvasive test resultsPrimary eventFirst primary eventsNon-invasive testingPostcoronary patientsRecent hospitalizationSegment depressionUnstable anginaAmbulatory outpatientsStable patientsExercise durationLung uptake