2024
Association between 82Rb positron emission tomography-derived regional myocardial blood flow, severity of angiographic coronary artery stenosis, and mortality in patients with chest pain
Gallegos C, Paredes C, Hu J, Posada E, Saito Y, Lansky A, Shah S, Liu Y, Smolderen K, Mena-Hurtado C, Sinusas A, Miller E. Association between 82Rb positron emission tomography-derived regional myocardial blood flow, severity of angiographic coronary artery stenosis, and mortality in patients with chest pain. Advances In Radiotherapy & Nuclear Medicine 2024, 2: 3786. DOI: 10.36922/arnm.3786.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMyocardial flow reserveGlobal myocardial flow reserveQuantitative coronary angiographyAssociated with increased all-cause mortalityPositron emission tomographyCoronary artery stenosis severityMyocardial blood flowAll-cause mortalityCoronary angiographyChest painStenosis severityAngiographic coronary artery stenosisResting myocardial blood flowAcute chest painBlood flowInvasive coronary angiographyLeft circumflex arteryLeft descending arteryRight coronary arteryCoronary artery stenosisStress testCoronary stenosis severityCardiovascular eventsDescending arteryWeak correlation
2001
Technetium-99m-labeled Myocardial Perfusion Agents: Are They Better than Thallium-201?
Kailasnath P, Sinusas A. Technetium-99m-labeled Myocardial Perfusion Agents: Are They Better than Thallium-201? Cardiology In Review 2001, 9: 160-172. PMID: 11304401, DOI: 10.1097/00045415-200105000-00009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoronary artery diseasePerfusion tracerPerfusion agentArtery diseaseMyocardial viabilityThallium-201Perfusion imagingMyocardial perfusion imagingRegional flow heterogeneityPharmacologic stressorChest painMyocardial perfusion agentRisk stratificationAcute assessmentNew perfusion agentTechnetium-99mClinical valueMyocardial uptakeIschemic regionAssessment of viabilityCoronary vasculatureMyocardial flowClearance kineticsMyocardial retentionTracer availability