1993
Factors affecting uniformity in interpretation of planar thallium-201 imaging in a Multicenter trial
Wackers F, Bodenheimer M, Fleiss J, Brown M, Investigators T. Factors affecting uniformity in interpretation of planar thallium-201 imaging in a Multicenter trial. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 1993, 21: 1064-1074. PMID: 8459059, DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(93)90226-q.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClinical centersThallium-201 imagesCore laboratoryClinical investigatorsSilent myocardial ischemiaPlanar thallium-201 imagesThallium-201 imagingLack of standardizationCircumferential profile analysisPlanar thallium-201 imagingReproducibility of interpretationMulticenter trialMulticenter studyMyocardial ischemiaMyocardial perfusion imagesSuboptimal reproducibilityInterobserver agreementKappa statisticsPerfusion imagesPoor interlaboratory agreementComputer quantificationObjective criteriaInterlaboratory agreementPoor agreementEffects of standardization
1990
Serial changes in myocardial perfusion using tomographic technetium-99m-hexakis-2-methoxy-2-methylpropyl-isonitrile imaging following reperfusion therapy of myocardial infarction.
Pellikka P, Behrenbeck T, Verani M, Mahmarian J, Wackers F, Gibbons R. Serial changes in myocardial perfusion using tomographic technetium-99m-hexakis-2-methoxy-2-methylpropyl-isonitrile imaging following reperfusion therapy of myocardial infarction. Journal Of Nuclear Medicine 1990, 31: 1269-75. PMID: 2143527.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsReperfusion therapyMyocardial infarctionTc-sestamibiAcute reperfusion therapyFirst myocardial infarctionSuccessful reperfusionTomographic myocardial perfusion imagesSerial changesHypoperfused myocardiumMean decreaseFinal studyMyocardial perfusionPatientsSignificant improvementMyocardial perfusion imagesSecond studyTherapyPerfusion imagesReperfusionInfarctionPerfusionFurther decreaseHrTomographic imagingImaging