2007
Does cardiac SPECT using attenuation and scatter correction accurately predict coronary artery disease in a minority women population?
Vashist A, Collins D, Prasad Y, Blum S, Heller E. Does cardiac SPECT using attenuation and scatter correction accurately predict coronary artery disease in a minority women population? Medical Science Monitor 2007, 13: cr386-390. PMID: 17767117.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMyocardial perfusion imagingCoronary artery diseasePositive predictive valueWomen patientsArtery diseaseSensitivity of MPIPredictive valueExercise stress testingGroup of patientsStress testingRecent revascularizationCardiac catheterizationCoronary angiographyFavorable prognosisRisk stratificationCatheterization laboratoryGeneral populationPatientsWomen populationPerfusion imagingAttenuation/scatter correctionNuclear imagingAngiographyPrognosisDiagnostic methods
2004
Do electrocardiographic changes with adenosine myocardial perfusion imaging predict ischaemia in patients with left ventricular hypertrophy?
Vashist A, Victoria A, Blum S, Bella J, Heller E. Do electrocardiographic changes with adenosine myocardial perfusion imaging predict ischaemia in patients with left ventricular hypertrophy? Nuclear Medicine Communications 2004, 25: 553-556. PMID: 15167513, DOI: 10.1097/01.mnm.0000126630.47661.d9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdenosineCausalityComorbidityElectrocardiographyExercise TestFemaleHumansHypertrophy, Left VentricularIncidenceMaleMiddle AgedMyocardial IschemiaPrevalencePrognosisRadionuclide ImagingReproducibility of ResultsRetrospective StudiesSensitivity and SpecificityStatistics as TopicUnited StatesConceptsLeft ventricular hypertrophyECG changesVentricular hypertrophyBaseline electrocardiogramElectrocardiographic changesPredictive valueSevere coronary artery diseaseEvidence of ischaemiaCoronary artery diseaseAdenosine myocardial perfusionForm of exercisePresence of collateralsNegative predictive valuePositive predictive valueArtery diseaseConsecutive patientsImaging correlatesTc-sestamibiIschaemiaMyocardial perfusionPatientsX minHypertrophyPerfusionStress test