1985
195mGold for Assessment of Cardiac Function
Wackers F, Berger H, Hoffer P, Lange R, Zaret B. 195mGold for Assessment of Cardiac Function. Developments In Nuclear Medicine 1985, 197-221. DOI: 10.1007/978-94-009-5022-1_8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCardiac functionFirst-pass studiesGated cardiac blood pool imagingCardiac blood pool imagingInitial clinical experienceReticulo-endothelial systemEquilibrium radionuclide angiocardiographyBlood pool imagingSerial assessmentRadionuclide angiocardiographyClinical experienceClinical useRadionuclide of choiceInteresting clinical applicationsRed cellsTc99Clinical applicationRadiotracerTotal numberHoursAngiocardiographyKidneyDoseMinimal time interval
1983
Gold-195m for serial first pass radionuclide angiocardiography during upright exercise in patients with coronary artery disease
Wackers F, Stein R, Pytlik L, Plankey M, Lange R, Hoffer P, Sands M, Zaret B, Berger H. Gold-195m for serial first pass radionuclide angiocardiography during upright exercise in patients with coronary artery disease. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 1983, 2: 497-505. PMID: 6875113, DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(83)80277-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVentricular ejection fractionLeft ventricular ejection fractionCoronary artery diseaseLeft ventricular functionFirst-pass radionuclide angiocardiographyEjection fractionArtery diseaseVentricular functionRadionuclide angiocardiographyVentricular ejection fraction responseThallium-201 myocardial imagingThallium-201 stress scintigraphyLeft ventricular reserveEjection fraction responseSame exercise testThallium-201 myocardial imagesMulticrystal gamma cameraFirst-pass studiesSerial exerciseVentricular reserveGamma cameraLow radiation dosePeak exerciseUpright exerciseStress scintigraphy