2008
Screening for coronary atherosclerosis with coronary calcium scoring: The “shape” of things to come?
Vashist A, Bonow R. Screening for coronary atherosclerosis with coronary calcium scoring: The “shape” of things to come? Journal Of Nuclear Cardiology 2008, 15: 162-169. PMID: 18371586, DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclcard.2008.01.009.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2005
Mental stress ischemia: Present status and future goals
Burg MM, Vashist A, Soufer R. Mental stress ischemia: Present status and future goals. Journal Of Nuclear Cardiology 2005, 12: 523-529. PMID: 16171711, DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclcard.2005.06.085.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEvent-free survival rateLarge-scale clinical trialsAssessment of prognosisForms of ischemiaComplex clinical manifestationsSubstantial clinical impactClinical manifestationsPrognostic significanceClinical trialsClinical impactSurvival rateDiagnostic standardizationTreatment effectsIschemiaNuclear cardiologyPrognosisPathophysiologySufficient evidenceAdditional modalitiesTrialsFurther testingTreatmentPrevalenceCardiology
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