2023
Clinical Penetrance of the Transthyretin V122I Variant in Older Black Patients With Heart Failure: The SCAN‐MP (Screening for Cardiac Amyloidosis With Nuclear Imaging in Minority Populations) Study
Madhani A, Sabogal N, Massillon D, Paul L, Rodriguez C, Fine D, Helmke S, Winburn M, Kurian D, Raiszadeh F, Teruya S, Cohn E, Einstein A, Miller E, Connors L, Maurer M, Ruberg F. Clinical Penetrance of the Transthyretin V122I Variant in Older Black Patients With Heart Failure: The SCAN‐MP (Screening for Cardiac Amyloidosis With Nuclear Imaging in Minority Populations) Study. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2023, 12: e028973. PMID: 37486082, PMCID: PMC10492994, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.122.028973.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsATTR-CMHeart failurePrealbumin concentrationsLeft ventricular wall thicknessPhenotypic penetranceHereditary ATTR-CMOlder black patientsAdvanced heart failureV122I variantVentricular wall thicknessProspective multisite studyYears of ageBlack individualsPyrophosphate imagingEchocardiographic parametersUnderdiagnosed causeBlack patientsSelf-identified Black individualsHF controlsClinical penetrancePrevalenceHispanic individualsMultisite studyBlack participantsPatients
2022
Prevalence and predictors of automatically quantified myocardial ischemia within a multicenter international registry
Han D, Rozanski A, Miller RJH, Sharir T, Einstein AJ, Fish MB, Ruddy TD, Kaufmann PA, Sinusas AJ, Miller EJ, Bateman TM, Dorbala S, Di Carli M, Liang JX, Dey D, Berman DS, Slomka PJ. Prevalence and predictors of automatically quantified myocardial ischemia within a multicenter international registry. Journal Of Nuclear Cardiology 2022, 29: 3221-3232. PMID: 35174442, PMCID: PMC9378748, DOI: 10.1007/s12350-021-02829-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTotal perfusion deficitMyocardial ischemiaStress testingCAD risk factorsMulticenter international registryPredictor of ischemiaCardiac stress testingNuclear stress testingChi-square testConclusionThe prevalenceMulticenter registryOverall cohortTypical anginaCAD statusPerfusion deficitsInternational registryMale genderRisk factorsLVEFIschemiaPatientsImaging characteristicsPotent predictorPrevalenceRegistry