2025
Temporal changes in PET myocardial flow reserve: Implications for cardiovascular outcomes
Nikolakopoulos I, Csecs I, Liu Y, Sinusas A, Miller E, Feher A. Temporal changes in PET myocardial flow reserve: Implications for cardiovascular outcomes. Journal Of Nuclear Cardiology 2025, 48: 102194. PMID: 40139484, DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclcard.2025.102194.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMajor adverse cardiovascular eventsMyocardial perfusion imagingEvaluation of coronary artery diseasePositron emission tomographyClinical risk factorsMyocardial flow reserveCoronary artery diseasePositron emission tomography myocardial perfusion imagingRates of major-adverse cardiovascular eventsCardiovascular outcomesArtery diseaseFlow reserveMedian follow-up timeRisk factorsLong-term major adverse cardiovascular eventsHistory of heart transplantationC-statisticMedian interval timeKaplan-Meier methodFollow-up timeAdverse cardiovascular eventsChest painTransplant vasculopathyMyocardial blood flowHeart transplantation
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 correlationTemporal change in PET myocardial flow reserve is predictive of cardiovascular outcomes
Nikolakopoulos I, Liu Y, Sinusas A, Miller E, Feher A. Temporal change in PET myocardial flow reserve is predictive of cardiovascular outcomes. European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging 2024, 25: jeae142.099. DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jeae142.099.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPositron emission tomographyMyocardial flow reserveCoronary artery diseaseCardiovascular outcomesArtery diseaseFlow reserveEvaluation of coronary artery diseaseHistory of heart transplantationMedian interval timeKaplan-Meier methodPredictive of cardiovascular outcomesLong-term outcomesPerioperative risk stratificationCoronary bloodChest painHeart transplantationRisk stratificationSerial examsCox regressionMyocardial infarctionInterquartile rangeC-statisticEmission tomographyPatientsContinuous variables
2001
Technetium-99m-labeled Myocardial Perfusion Agents: Are They Better than Thallium-201?
Kailasnath P, Sinusas A. Technetium-99m-labeled Myocardial Perfusion Agents: Are They Better than Thallium-201? Cardiology In Review 2001, 9: 160-172. PMID: 11304401, DOI: 10.1097/00045415-200105000-00009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoronary artery diseasePerfusion tracerPerfusion agentArtery diseaseMyocardial viabilityThallium-201Perfusion imagingMyocardial perfusion imagingRegional flow heterogeneityPharmacologic stressorChest painMyocardial perfusion agentRisk stratificationAcute assessmentNew perfusion agentTechnetium-99mClinical valueMyocardial uptakeIschemic regionAssessment of viabilityCoronary vasculatureMyocardial flowClearance kineticsMyocardial retentionTracer availability
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