1996
Preoperative Dipyridamole Thallium Imaging and Ambulatory Electrocardiographic Monitoring as a Predictor of Perioperative Cardiac Events and Long-Term Outcome
FLEISHER L, ROSENBAUM S, NELSON A, JAIN D, WACKERS F, ZARET B. Preoperative Dipyridamole Thallium Imaging and Ambulatory Electrocardiographic Monitoring as a Predictor of Perioperative Cardiac Events and Long-Term Outcome. Survey Of Anesthesiology 1996, 40: 324. DOI: 10.1097/00132586-199610000-00066.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPerioperative cardiac eventsLong-term outcomesCardiac eventsPreoperative dipyridamole thallium imagingDipyridamole thallium scintigraphyDipyridamole-thallium imagingAmbulatory electrocardiographic monitoringChronic cardiac diseaseNoncardiac surgerySurgical stressHolter electrocardiographyPreoperative testsThallium imagingThallium scintigraphyElectrocardiographic monitoringCertain patientsPhysiologic changesNonsurgical studiesCardiac diseasePredictive valueMarginal predictive valueLong-term predictive accuracyVolume shiftsOutcomesNumerous investigatorsDiagnostic utility of tomographic myocardial perfusion imaging with technetium 99m furifosmin (Q12) compared with thallium 201: Results of a phase III multicenter trial
Hendel R, Verani M, Miller D, Wackers F, McMahon M, Cerqueira M, Botvinick E, Kvols L, Gerson M. Diagnostic utility of tomographic myocardial perfusion imaging with technetium 99m furifosmin (Q12) compared with thallium 201: Results of a phase III multicenter trial. Journal Of Nuclear Cardiology 1996, 3: 291-300. PMID: 8799247, DOI: 10.1016/s1071-3581(96)90088-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMyocardial perfusion agentPerfusion agentMulticenter trialNormalcy ratePhase III multicenter trialCoronary artery diseaseTomographic myocardial perfusionMyocardial perfusion imagingPanel of readersNew myocardial perfusion agentNew perfusion tracerPeak exerciseArtery diseaseThallium scintigraphyPerfusion scintigraphyMyocardial scintigraphyExercise workloadStudy groupLaboratory alterationsMyocardial perfusionThallium-201Perfusion imagingDiagnostic utilityScintigraphyPerfusion studies
1995
Relationship between reverse redistribution on planar thallium scintigraphy and regional myocardial viability: a correlative PET study.
Soufer R, Dey H, Lawson A, Wackers F, Zaret B. Relationship between reverse redistribution on planar thallium scintigraphy and regional myocardial viability: a correlative PET study. Journal Of Nuclear Medicine 1995, 36: 180-7. PMID: 7830110.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPlanar thallium scintigraphyCardiac eventsThallium scintigraphyReverse redistributionChronic coronary artery diseasePET viabilityAbnormal regional wall motionPlanar thallium imagesMyocardial Infarction trialPercent of patientsFuture cardiac eventsFuture cardiovascular eventsCoronary artery diseaseFavorable clinical outcomeMyocardial metabolic activityRegional wall motion analysisRegional wall motionPercent of segmentsWall motion analysisPET criteriaCardiovascular eventsReperfusion therapyArtery diseaseClinical outcomesPrognostic value