1997
Effect of left ventricular function on the assessment of myocardial viability by technectium-99m sestamibi and correlation with positron emission tomography in patients with healed myocardial infarcts or stable angina pectoris, or both
Arrighi J, Ng C, Dey H, Wackers F, Soufer R. Effect of left ventricular function on the assessment of myocardial viability by technectium-99m sestamibi and correlation with positron emission tomography in patients with healed myocardial infarcts or stable angina pectoris, or both. The American Journal Of Cardiology 1997, 80: 1007-1013. PMID: 9352969, DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(97)00594-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoronary artery diseasePositron emission tomographyLV dysfunctionArtery diseaseGroup 2Myocardial viabilityGroup 1Ejection fractionModerate coronary artery diseaseEmission tomographyModerate LV dysfunctionSevere LV dysfunctionStable angina pectorisLV ejection fractionGlobal LV dysfunctionAccuracy of technetiumSingle photon emissionSemiquantitative SPECTVentricular dysfunctionViability detectionAngina pectorisVentricular functionReduced perfusionSestamibi SPECTMyocardial infarct
1996
Resting Tc-99m sestamibi SPECT underestimates myocardial viability in patients with severe ischemic left ventricular dysfunction: Comparison with ammonia/FDG PET
Arrighi J, Ng C, Dey H, Wackers F, Soufer R. Resting Tc-99m sestamibi SPECT underestimates myocardial viability in patients with severe ischemic left ventricular dysfunction: Comparison with ammonia/FDG PET. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 1996, 27: 162. DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(96)80876-x.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1995
Comparison of sestamibi single-photon emission computed tomography with positron emission tomography for estimating left ventricular myocarclial viability
Soufer R, Dey H, Ng C, Zaret B. Comparison of sestamibi single-photon emission computed tomography with positron emission tomography for estimating left ventricular myocarclial viability. The American Journal Of Cardiology 1995, 75: 1214-1219. PMID: 7778542, DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(99)80765-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedCoronary DiseaseDeoxyglucoseFluorine RadioisotopesFluorodeoxyglucose F18HumansMaleMiddle AgedMyocardial ContractionRadionuclide VentriculographyStroke VolumeTechnetium Tc 99m SestamibiTomography, Emission-ComputedTomography, Emission-Computed, Single-PhotonVentricular Function, LeftConceptsPositron emission tomographySestamibi single-photon emissionSingle photon emissionCoronary artery diseaseMyocardial viabilityInferior wallArtery diseaseEmission tomographyFDG positron emission tomographySubset of patientsRegional ejection fractionDiscordant segmentsNonviable segmentsEjection fractionMethoxyisobutyl isonitrileRadionuclide ventriculographySestamibi protocolBlood flowMyocardial segmentsPatientsViable segmentsFluorodeoxyglucoseMIBITomographyDisease
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 redistributionReinjection