2017
Usefulness of Myocardial Annular Velocity Change During Mental Stress to Predict Cardiovascular Outcome in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease (From the Responses of Mental Stress-Induced Myocardial Ischemia to Escitalopram Treatment Trial)
Alenezi F, Brummett BH, Boyle SH, Samad Z, Babyak MA, Alzaeim N, Wilson J, Romano MMD, Sun JL, Ersboll M, O'Connor CM, Velazquez EJ, Jiang W. Usefulness of Myocardial Annular Velocity Change During Mental Stress to Predict Cardiovascular Outcome in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease (From the Responses of Mental Stress-Induced Myocardial Ischemia to Escitalopram Treatment Trial). The American Journal Of Cardiology 2017, 120: 1495-1500. PMID: 28917493, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2017.07.039.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoronary artery diseaseStable coronary artery diseaseAdverse cardiovascular outcomesCardiovascular outcomesArtery diseaseNew York Heart Association functional class IMental stress-induced myocardial ischemiaStress-induced myocardial ischemiaNonfatal cardiovascular eventsFunctional class IMental stress testingCox regression modelMS-induced changesCardiovascular eventsCause mortalityUnplanned hospitalizationPrognostic factorsMean ageMyocardial ischemiaSystolic velocityAnnular velocityPatientsMental stressClass IMACE
2016
An Approach to Improve the Negative Predictive Value and Clinical Utility of Transthoracic Echocardiography in Suspected Native Valve Infective Endocarditis
Sivak JA, Vora AN, Navar AM, Schulte PJ, Crowley AL, Kisslo J, Corey GR, Liao L, Wang A, Velazquez EJ, Samad Z. An Approach to Improve the Negative Predictive Value and Clinical Utility of Transthoracic Echocardiography in Suspected Native Valve Infective Endocarditis. Journal Of The American Society Of Echocardiography 2016, 29: 315-322. PMID: 26850679, PMCID: PMC6052444, DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2015.12.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInitial transthoracic echocardiographyNative valve infective endocarditisTransthoracic echocardiographyTransesophageal echocardiographyNegative predictive valueInfective endocarditisPredictive valueNegative resultsNegative findingsNative valve endocarditisValve endocarditisClinical suspicionIntermediate riskSingle institutionTransthoracic approachCurrent guidelinesTransthoracic studyDiagnostic characteristicsRetrospective analysisClinical utilityPatientsEndocarditisEchocardiographyDiagnostic performanceGold standard