2008
Noninvasive Detection of Risk for Emotion Provoked Myocardial Ischemia
Burg MM, Graeber B, Vashist A, Collins D, Earley C, Liu J, Lampert R, Soufer R. Noninvasive Detection of Risk for Emotion Provoked Myocardial Ischemia. Psychosomatic Medicine 2008, 71: 14-20. PMID: 18941131, PMCID: PMC2739989, DOI: 10.1097/psy.0b013e318187c035.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAngerAngiotensin-Converting Enzyme InhibitorsBlood PressureCoronary DiseaseEpinephrineFemaleHeart RateHumansImagery, PsychotherapyMaleManometryMiddle AgedMyocardial IschemiaNorepinephrinePlethysmographyPredictive Value of TestsPulsatile FlowRiskSensitivity and SpecificityStress, PsychologicalTomography, Emission-Computed, Single-PhotonVascular ResistanceConceptsPeripheral arterial tonometryCoronary artery diseasePAT ratioMyocardial ischemiaMajor adverse cardiac eventsStable coronary artery diseaseLower PAT ratioMental stress ischemiaAdverse cardiac eventsNew perfusion defectsCT myocardial perfusionSensitivity/specificityStress ischemiaArterial tonometryCardiac eventsArtery diseaseBlood pressureACE inhibitionPerfusion defectsHeart rateMyocardial perfusionPatientsEnzyme inhibitorsClinical settingIschemia
2006
C-Reactive Protein and Vulnerability to Mental Stress-Induced Myocardial Ischemia
Shah R, Burg MM, Vashist A, Collins D, Liu J, Jadbabaie F, Graeber B, Earley C, Lampert R, Soufer R. C-Reactive Protein and Vulnerability to Mental Stress-Induced Myocardial Ischemia. Molecular Medicine 2006, 12: 269-274. PMID: 17380191, PMCID: PMC1829194, DOI: 10.2119/2006-00077.shah.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsC-reactive proteinCoronary artery diseaseMyocardial perfusion imagingTransthoracic echocardiographyCRP levelsMental stressRisk markersMyocardial ischemiaLevels of CRPNew regional wall motion abnormalitiesAssociation of CRPRelationship of CRPSimultaneous single-photon emissionStable coronary artery diseaseUnivariate logistic regression analysisRegional wall motion abnormalitiesTetrofosmin myocardial perfusion imagingLaboratory mental stressRisk of MSISerum CRP levelsHistory of diabetesSubsequent clinical eventsNew perfusion defectsWall motion abnormalitiesLogistic regression analysis