2024
Links Between Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Myocardial Blood Flow Changes Impacting Adverse Cardiovascular Disease-related Outcomes
Aneni E, Sinusas A, Emokpae M, Thorn S, Yaggi H, Miller E. Links Between Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Myocardial Blood Flow Changes Impacting Adverse Cardiovascular Disease-related Outcomes. Current Cardiology Reports 2024, 26: 723-734. PMID: 38806976, DOI: 10.1007/s11886-024-02072-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchObstructive sleep apneaCoronary microvascular dysfunctionAbnormal myocardial blood flowSevere obstructive sleep apneaMyocardial flow reserveMyocardial blood flowSleep apneaModerate to severe obstructive sleep apneaAbnormal myocardial flow reserveRecent FindingsRecent studiesDisease-related outcomesBlood flow changesMyocardial blood flow changesCardiovascular disease-related outcomesMicrovascular dysfunctionClinical impactCPAPReviewRecent studiesStructural abnormalitiesCoronary microcirculationFindingsRecent studiesFlow reserveCardiac workBlood flowApnea
2021
Impaired Myocardial Flow Reserve on 82Rubidium Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography in Patients With Systemic Sclerosis.
Feher A, Boutagy NE, Oikonomou EK, Thorn S, Liu YH, Miller EJ, Sinusas AJ, Hinchcliff M. Impaired Myocardial Flow Reserve on 82Rubidium Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography in Patients With Systemic Sclerosis. The Journal Of Rheumatology 2021, 48: 1574-1582. PMID: 34266986, PMCID: PMC10275580, DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.210040.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsReduced Myocardial Flow ReserveMyocardial flow reserveRaynaud's phenomenonPrimary Raynaud's phenomenonSecondary Raynaud's phenomenonPatient controlsHealthy participantsFlow reservePositron Emission Tomography/Computed TomographyEmission Tomography/Computed TomographyTomography/Computed TomographyPositron emission tomography/Impaired Myocardial Flow ReserveCoronary microvascular dysfunctionLarge prospective studiesMultivariable logistic regressionEmission tomography/PET/CTSSc-RPMicrovascular dysfunctionClinical predictorsIndependent predictorsSystemic sclerosisPrognostic valueProspective study
2013
Preclinical Evaluation of Biopolymer-Delivered Circulating Angiogenic Cells in a Swine Model of Hibernating Myocardium
Giordano C, Thorn SL, Renaud JM, Al-Atassi T, Boodhwani M, Klein R, Kuraitis D, Dwivedi G, Zhang P, DaSilva JN, Ascah KJ, deKemp RA, Suuronen EJ, Beanlands RS, Ruel M. Preclinical Evaluation of Biopolymer-Delivered Circulating Angiogenic Cells in a Swine Model of Hibernating Myocardium. Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging 2013, 6: 982-991. PMID: 24089461, DOI: 10.1161/circimaging.113.000185.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMyocardial blood flowHibernating myocardiumAngiogenic cellsBlood flowSwine modelAdvanced coronary artery diseaseLeft circumflex artery territoryRelevant swine modelCoronary artery diseaseCircumflex artery territoryLeft circumflex arteryCirculating Angiogenic CellsWall motion abnormalitiesMyocardial flow reserveArtery territoryUnderwent placementArtery diseaseEjection fractionCircumflex arteryCell-based therapiesRevascularization approachTomography perfusionMyocardial hibernationAmeroid constrictorPreclinical swine model