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
2000
Severe regional ischemia alters coronary flow reserve in the remote perfusion area
Wu J, Yun J, Dione D, Heller E, Deckelbaum L, Sinusas A. Severe regional ischemia alters coronary flow reserve in the remote perfusion area. Journal Of Nuclear Cardiology 2000, 7: 43-52. PMID: 10698234, DOI: 10.1067/mnc.2000.99189.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLAD coronary flow reserveCoronary flow reserveLCX stenosisFlow reserveImpairment of CFRStenosis severityRemote nonischemic regionsRate-pressure productRegional myocardial dysfunctionDoppler flow probesTransstenotic pressure gradientOpen-chest dogsAcute canine modelIschemic dysfunctionAnterior descendingIntracoronary injectionMyocardial dysfunctionProximal LCXCoronary stenosisMyocardial infarctionAcute ischemiaProgressive impairmentPerfusion areaRegional myocardial flowTransstenotic gradient