2024
Nuclear Cardiology
Zaret B, Wackers F. Nuclear Cardiology. 2024, 3-12. DOI: 10.1093/med/9780190095659.003.0001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEvaluate left ventricular (LV) functionQuantification of coronary blood flowPerfusion imagingRadiation dose reductionPET-FDG studiesStress perfusion imagingEvaluate myocardial perfusionCoronary flow reserveMyocardial perfusion studiesComputed tomography CTCardiac sarcoidosisCoronary blood flowDose reductionMyocardial inflammationSPECT approachAssess prognosisMyocardial stress perfusion imagingStress imagingMyocardial perfusionFlow reservePerfusion studiesCardiac studiesRadionuclide imagingBlood flowAttenuation correctionNuclear Cardiology
Zaret B, Wackers F. Nuclear Cardiology. 2024, 1-1. DOI: 10.1093/med/9780197521434.003.0001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEvaluate left ventricular (LV) functionQuantification of coronary blood flowPerfusion imagingRadiation dose reductionPET-FDG studiesStress perfusion imagingEvaluate myocardial perfusionCoronary flow reserveMyocardial perfusion studiesComputed tomography CTCardiac sarcoidosisCoronary blood flowDose reductionMyocardial inflammationSPECT approachAssess prognosisMyocardial stress perfusion imagingStress imagingMyocardial perfusionFlow reservePerfusion studiesCardiac studiesRadionuclide imagingBlood flowAttenuation correction
1999
Ejection fraction by radionuclide ventriculography and contrast left ventriculogram A tale of two techniques
Ureña P, Lamas G, Mitchell G, Flaker G, Smith S, Wackers F, McEwan P, Pfeffer M, investigators F. Ejection fraction by radionuclide ventriculography and contrast left ventriculogram A tale of two techniques. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 1999, 33: 180-185. PMID: 9935027, DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(98)00533-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRadionuclide ventriculographyEjection fractionCardiovascular eventsEvent ratesMyocardial infarctionPostinfarct patientsIndependent predictorsRisk stratificationAssess prognosisClinical eventsVentricular performanceClinical impressionPatientsMultivariate analysisPrognosisVentriculographyTercileEF measurementsBest predictorPredictorsComparative abilityCatheterizationInfarctionVentriculograms