2000
Association of patients’ perception of health status and exercise electrocardiogram, myocardial perfusion imaging, and ventricular function measures
Mattera J, de Leon C, Wackers F, Williams C, Wang Y, Krumholz H. Association of patients’ perception of health status and exercise electrocardiogram, myocardial perfusion imaging, and ventricular function measures. American Heart Journal 2000, 140: 409-418. PMID: 10966538, DOI: 10.1067/mhj.2000.108518.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGeneral health perceptionHealth-related qualityPhysical functioningHealth perceptionMyocardial perfusion imagingHealth statusExercise testingPerfusion imagingMedical Outcomes Study Short Form SurveyPatients' health-related qualityShort Form SurveyAssociation of patientGeneral health statusImportant outcome measureSuccess of treatmentConsecutive patientsSF-36Metabolic equivalentsNoninvasive testingExercise testPatient outcomesIndividual patientsOutcome measuresForm SurveyPatient's viewpoint
1999
Failure to Improve Left Ventricular Function After Coronary Revascularization for Ischemic Cardiomyopathy Is Not Associated With Worse Outcome
Samady H, Elefteriades J, Abbott B, Mattera J, McPherson C, Wackers F. Failure to Improve Left Ventricular Function After Coronary Revascularization for Ischemic Cardiomyopathy Is Not Associated With Worse Outcome. Circulation 1999, 100: 1298-1304. PMID: 10491374, DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.100.12.1298.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVentricular functionIschemic cardiomyopathyGroup AHeart failure scoreLeft ventricular functionIschemic LV dysfunctionPoor patient outcomesB. Group ALack of improvementBaseline LVEFEffective revascularizationImproved LVEFCoronary revascularizationLV dysfunctionConsecutive patientsIntraoperative variablesPostoperative improvementCardiac deathLV functionPoor outcomeViable myocardiumLVEF assessmentIschemic myocardiumPatient outcomesWorse outcomes
1998
Exercise testing with myocardial perfusion imaging in patients with normal baseline electrocardiograms: Cost savings with a stepwise diagnostic strategy
Mattera J, Arain S, Sinusas A, Finta L, Wackers F. Exercise testing with myocardial perfusion imaging in patients with normal baseline electrocardiograms: Cost savings with a stepwise diagnostic strategy. Journal Of Nuclear Cardiology 1998, 5: 498-506. PMID: 9796897, DOI: 10.1016/s1071-3581(98)90181-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExercise myocardial perfusion imagingCoronary artery diseaseNormal exercise electrocardiogramMyocardial perfusion imagingNormal myocardial perfusion imagingNormal resting electrocardiogramsExercise electrocardiogramExercise testingArtery diseaseIntermediate likelihoodResting electrocardiogramsAbnormal myocardial perfusion imagingDiagnostic strategiesAbnormal exercise electrocardiogramGroup 3 patientsHard cardiac eventsNonfatal myocardial infarctionNormal baseline electrocardiogramSubsequent coronary revascularizationIncremental diagnostic informationDiagnostic testing strategiesCoronary revascularizationCardiac eventsUnstable anginaConsecutive patients
1996
Quantitative comparison of planar and SPECT normal data files of thallium-201, technetium-99m-sestamibi, technetium-99m-tetrofosmin and technetium-99m-furifosmin.
Naruse H, Daher E, Sinusas A, Jain D, Natale D, Mattera J, Makuch R, Wackers FJ. Quantitative comparison of planar and SPECT normal data files of thallium-201, technetium-99m-sestamibi, technetium-99m-tetrofosmin and technetium-99m-furifosmin. Journal Of Nuclear Medicine 1996, 37: 1783-8. PMID: 8917175.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPrognostic value of noninvasive testing one year after orthotopic cardiac transplantation
Verhoeven P, Lee F, Ramahi T, Franco K, de Leon C, Amatruda J, Gorham N, Mattera J, Wackers F. Prognostic value of noninvasive testing one year after orthotopic cardiac transplantation. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 1996, 28: 183-189. PMID: 8752812, DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(96)00094-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoronary artery vasculopathyOrthotopic cardiac transplantationCardiac transplantationEquilibrium radionuclide angiographyPrognostic valueRadionuclide angiographyClinical variablesNoninvasive testingHuman leukocyte antigen mismatchesStress thallium-201 imagingThallium-201 myocardial perfusion imagingConsecutive transplant recipientsRoutine noninvasive testingStress myocardial imagingCold ischemic timeStress myocardial perfusionThallium-201 imagingTwo-dimensional echocardiographyNoninvasive diagnostic testingMyocardial perfusion imagingOnly significant predictorAntigen mismatchesLate deathsTransplant recipientsIschemic time
1995
Phantom evaluation of non-uniform attenuation correction using simultaneous transmission emission SPECT
DeMan P, Eror E, Liu Y, Mattera J, Wackers F, Sinusas A. Phantom evaluation of non-uniform attenuation correction using simultaneous transmission emission SPECT. Journal Of Nuclear Cardiology 1995, 2: s48. DOI: 10.1016/s1071-3581(05)80276-4.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1993
Biokinetics of technetium-99m-tetrofosmin: myocardial perfusion imaging agent: implications for a one-day imaging protocol.
Jain D, Wackers FJ, Mattera J, McMahon M, Sinusas AJ, Zaret BL. Biokinetics of technetium-99m-tetrofosmin: myocardial perfusion imaging agent: implications for a one-day imaging protocol. Journal Of Nuclear Medicine 1993, 34: 1254-9. PMID: 8326381.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOrgan ratiosGastrointestinal tractRest imagesImaging protocolSymptom-limited treadmill exerciseDecay-corrected countsLeft anterior oblique viewStress imagesAnterior oblique viewPortion of liverOptimal imaging protocolMyocardial perfusion imaging agentPeak exerciseTreadmill exerciseClinical trialsTechnetium-99mRadiotracer injectionMyocardial perfusionTetrofosmin imagesGallbladderPhase IEntire heartLiverTractOblique view
1991
Thallium-201 for assessment of myocardial viability: Quantitative comparison of 24-hour redistribution imaging with imaging after reinjection at rest
Kayden D, Sigal S, Soufer R, Mattera J, Zaret B, Wackers F. Thallium-201 for assessment of myocardial viability: Quantitative comparison of 24-hour redistribution imaging with imaging after reinjection at rest. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 1991, 18: 1480-1486. PMID: 1939949, DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(91)90678-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInjection of thalliumRedistribution imagesDefect reversibilityThallium-201 reinjectionThallium-201 defectsLate redistribution imagingPoor quality studiesDiagnostic informationClinical variablesRedistribution imagingThallium defectsThallium imagesMyocardial viabilityReversible defectsStress imagingThallium-201PatientsBetter diagnostic informationStress testingExercisePresent studyQuality studiesInjectionLate redistributionReinjectionReproducibility of quantitative planar thallium-201 scintigraphy: quantitative criteria for reversibility of myocardial perfusion defects.
Sigal S, Soufer R, Fetterman R, Mattera J, Wackers F. Reproducibility of quantitative planar thallium-201 scintigraphy: quantitative criteria for reversibility of myocardial perfusion defects. Journal Of Nuclear Medicine 1991, 32: 759-65. PMID: 2022979.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1990
Quantitative analysis of planar technetium-99m-sestamibi myocardial perfusion images using modified background subtraction.
Koster K, Wackers F, Mattera J, Fetterman R. Quantitative analysis of planar technetium-99m-sestamibi myocardial perfusion images using modified background subtraction. Journal Of Nuclear Medicine 1990, 31: 1400-8. PMID: 2143529.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1988
Demonstration of reperfusion after thrombolysis with technetium-99m isonitrile myocardial imaging.
Kayden D, Mattera J, Zaret B, Wackers F. Demonstration of reperfusion after thrombolysis with technetium-99m isonitrile myocardial imaging. Journal Of Nuclear Medicine 1988, 29: 1865-7. PMID: 2972815.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsThrombolytic therapyMyocardial infarctionRecombinant tissue plasminogen activatorAcute anteroseptal myocardial infarctionSuccess of reperfusionSalvage of myocardiumAcute myocardial infarctionAnteroseptal myocardial infarctionMyocardial perfusion defectsMyocardial perfusion imagingTissue plasminogen activatorEmergency roomRepeat injectionsPerfusion defectsIntravenous injectionMyocardial imagingPerfusion imagingMyocardial redistributionInfarctionNoninvasive meansPlasminogen activatorReperfusionImaging agentTherapyTechnetiumPeak filling rate normalized to mitral stroke volume: A new Doppler echocardiographic filling index validated by radionuclide angiographic techniques
Bowman L, Lee F, Jaffe C, Mattera J, Wackers F, Zaret B. Peak filling rate normalized to mitral stroke volume: A new Doppler echocardiographic filling index validated by radionuclide angiographic techniques. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 1988, 12: 937-943. PMID: 3417992, DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(88)90458-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeak filling rateMitral stroke volumeMean peak filling rateEnd-diastolic volumeStroke volumeFilling indexDoppler echocardiographyNormal patientsFilling velocityEarly peak filling velocityLate filling ratioEarly filling velocityDiastolic filling indexesLeft ventricular fillingTime-velocity integralPeak filling velocityRadionuclide angiographic techniquesFilling rateMitral inflowVentricular fillingMitral leafletEchocardiographic determinationMitral apparatusVelocity integralVentricular volumeOral Terbutaline Augments Cardiac Performance in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Chan C, Loke J, Snyder P, Wackers F, Mattera J, Matthay R. Oral Terbutaline Augments Cardiac Performance in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. The American Journal Of The Medical Sciences 1988, 296: 33-38. PMID: 3044105, DOI: 10.1097/00000441-198807000-00007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseObstructive pulmonary diseaseVentricular ejection fractionSubmaximal steady-state exerciseOral terbutalineSteady-state exerciseEjection fractionPulmonary diseaseSevere chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseLeft ventricular ejection fractionFirst-pass radionuclide angiographySystolic pump performancePlacebo-controlled trialState exerciseExpiratory volumeBlood pressureCardiopulmonary effectsPlacebo dayHemodynamic measurementsVital capacityRadionuclide angiographyCardiac functionSubmaximal exerciseCardiac performanceHeart rate
1985
Quantitative planar thallium-201 stress scintigraphy: A critical evaluation of the method
Wackers F, Fetterman R, Mattera J, Clements J. Quantitative planar thallium-201 stress scintigraphy: A critical evaluation of the method. Seminars In Nuclear Medicine 1985, 15: 46-66. PMID: 3885400, DOI: 10.1016/s0001-2998(85)80043-x.Peer-Reviewed Original Research