1997
Improved diagnostic accuracy of planar imaging with technetium 99m-labeled tetrofosmin compared with thallium-201 for the detection of coronary artery disease
Khattar R, Hendel R, Crawley J, Wackers F, Rigo P, Zaret B, Sridhara B, Lahiri A. Improved diagnostic accuracy of planar imaging with technetium 99m-labeled tetrofosmin compared with thallium-201 for the detection of coronary artery disease. Journal Of Nuclear Cardiology 1997, 4: 291-297. PMID: 9278875, DOI: 10.1016/s1071-3581(97)90106-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoronary artery diseaseROC curve analysisPrevious myocardial infarctionArtery diseaseCurve analysisMyocardial infarctionMulticenter phase III trialTechnetium 99m-labeled tetrofosminDiagnostic accuracySingle-vessel diseasePhase III trialsCharacteristic curve analysisMultivessel diseaseIII trialsCoronary arteriographyROC curve areaThallium-201TetrofosminDiagnostic testsDiseaseDiagnostic performanceCurve areaInfarctionReference standardPlanar imaging
1993
Frequency and significance of right ventricular dysfunction during inferior wall left ventricular myocardial infarction treated with thrombolytic therapy (results from the Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction [TIMI] II trial)
Berger P, Ruocco N, Ryan T, Jacobs A, Zaret B, Wackers F, Frederick M, Faxon D, Group R. Frequency and significance of right ventricular dysfunction during inferior wall left ventricular myocardial infarction treated with thrombolytic therapy (results from the Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction [TIMI] II trial). The American Journal Of Cardiology 1993, 71: 1148-1152. PMID: 8097614, DOI: 10.1016/0002-9149(93)90637-r.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdrenergic beta-AntagonistsAngioplasty, Balloon, CoronaryCombined Modality TherapyConstriction, PathologicCoronary VesselsFemaleHeart DiseasesHeart VentriclesHumansMaleMiddle AgedMyocardial InfarctionRadionuclide VentriculographyThrombolytic TherapyTissue Plasminogen ActivatorVentricular Function, LeftVentricular Function, RightConceptsRV wall motion abnormalitiesRight ventricular dysfunctionRV dysfunctionVentricular myocardial infarctionWall motion abnormalitiesVentricular dysfunctionThrombolytic therapyRadionuclide ventriculographyMyocardial infarctionMotion abnormalitiesInferior wallLower mean left ventricular ejection fractionMean left ventricular ejection fractionLeft ventricular ejection fractionBaseline clinical characteristicsInfarct-related arteryMyocardial Infarction (TIMI) II trialVentricular ejection fractionEquilibrium radionuclide ventriculographyHospital complicationsMultivessel diseaseII trialClinical characteristicsHospital dischargeEjection fraction