2010
Depression Predicts Elevated Endothelin-1 in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease
Burg MM, Martens EJ, Collins D, Soufer R. Depression Predicts Elevated Endothelin-1 in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease. Psychosomatic Medicine 2010, 73: 2-6. PMID: 20947777, PMCID: PMC3016462, DOI: 10.1097/psy.0b013e3181fdfb25.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoronary artery diseaseEndothelin-1Beck Depression InventoryBDI scoresLogistic regression modelsArtery diseaseLog-transformed continuous variableRisk thresholdElevated endothelin-1ET-1 elevationET-1 levelsEvent-free survivalMorning blood samplesWorse depression symptomsDepression symptom severityEarly morbidityRegression modelsPoor survivalPlaque ruptureAdjusted modelBlood samplesDepressive symptomsDepression severityDepression symptomsDepression InventoryTendency to Angry Rumination Predicts Stress-Provoked Endothelin-1 Increase in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease
Fernandez AB, Soufer R, Collins D, Soufer A, Ranjbaran H, Burg MM. Tendency to Angry Rumination Predicts Stress-Provoked Endothelin-1 Increase in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease. Psychosomatic Medicine 2010, 72: 348-353. PMID: 20368479, PMCID: PMC2872076, DOI: 10.1097/psy.0b013e3181d71982.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoronary heart diseaseET-1 increaseET-1Chronic stable coronary heart diseaseStable coronary heart diseaseMultivariate logistic regression modelET-1 elevationAcute coronary syndromeHistory of diabetesRate-pressure productCoronary artery diseaseEndothelin-1 increaseLogistic regression modelsCoronary syndromeArtery diseaseBeta blockersPotential confoundersPressure productHeart diseasePlaque ruptureBlood samplesPatientsAngry ruminationNitric oxideStress protocol
1999
Quantitation of benzodiazepine receptor binding with PET [11C]iomazenil and SPECT [123I]iomazenil: preliminary results of a direct comparison in healthy human subjects
Bremner J, Baldwin R, Horti A, Staib L, Ng C, Tan P, Zea-Ponce Y, Zoghbi S, Seibyl J, Soufer R, Charney D, Innis R. Quantitation of benzodiazepine receptor binding with PET [11C]iomazenil and SPECT [123I]iomazenil: preliminary results of a direct comparison in healthy human subjects. Psychiatry Research 1999, 91: 79-91. PMID: 10515463, DOI: 10.1016/s0925-4927(99)00015-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPositron emission tomographyBenzodiazepine receptorsArterial blood samplesBenzodiazepine receptor bindingHealthy human subjectsHuman subjectsNeuroreceptor bindingSingle photon emissionSingle bolusOccipital cortexBlood samplesTemporal cortexEmission tomographyBrain compartmentsDynamic positron emission tomographyReceptor bindingSPECTSame human subjectsPhoton emissionCortexHuman brainRadioligandPreliminary findingsBrainReceptors
1998
Effect of hyperinsulinemia on myocardial fluorine-18-FDG uptake.
Ng C, Soufer R, McNulty P. Effect of hyperinsulinemia on myocardial fluorine-18-FDG uptake. Journal Of Nuclear Medicine 1998, 39: 379-83. PMID: 9529278.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoronary sinus blood samplesIschemic heart diseasePrevious myocardial infarctionCoronary sinus catheterizationEffect of insulinLeft anteriorMale patientsMyocardial infarctionHeart diseaseFDG injectionVascular bedBlood samplesAwake statePatientsGlucose uptakeMyocardial kineticsFDGCatheterizationInfarctionDiabetesBolusAnteriorInsulinDisease