2024
Temporal change in PET myocardial flow reserve is predictive of cardiovascular outcomes
Nikolakopoulos I, Liu Y, Sinusas A, Miller E, Feher A. Temporal change in PET myocardial flow reserve is predictive of cardiovascular outcomes. European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging 2024, 25: jeae142.099. DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jeae142.099.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPositron emission tomographyMyocardial flow reserveCoronary artery diseaseCardiovascular outcomesArtery diseaseFlow reserveEvaluation of coronary artery diseaseHistory of heart transplantationMedian interval timeKaplan-Meier methodPredictive of cardiovascular outcomesLong-term outcomesPerioperative risk stratificationCoronary bloodChest painHeart transplantationRisk stratificationSerial examsCox regressionMyocardial infarctionInterquartile rangeC-statisticEmission tomographyPatientsContinuous variables
2021
Comparison of Outcomes of Patients with vs without Previous Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery Presenting with ST-Segment Elevation Acute Myocardial Infarction
Karacsonyi J, Schmidt CW, Okeson BK, Garcia S, Henry TD, Nikolakopoulos I, Vemmou E, Xenogiannis I, Sharkey S, Aguirre FV, Tannenbaum M, Burke M, Goessl M, Sorajja P, Traverse J, Wang YL, Brilakis ES. Comparison of Outcomes of Patients with vs without Previous Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery Presenting with ST-Segment Elevation Acute Myocardial Infarction. The American Journal Of Cardiology 2021, 154: 33-40. PMID: 34243937, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2021.05.041.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrevious coronary bypass graft surgeryST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarctionCoronary bypass graft surgeryElevation acute myocardial infarctionPrevious CABG patientsAcute myocardial infarctionCABG patientsBaseline characteristicsMyocardial infarctionMajor cardiac adverse eventsBypass graft surgeryCardiac adverse eventsOutcomes of patientsSaphenous vein graftsKaplan-Meier methodLong-term outcomesLog-rank testComparison of outcomesSTEMI registryGraft surgerySTEMI patientsAdverse eventsMost patientsPrimary outcomeTerm outcomes