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
1996
Prognostic 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
1993
Detection and Significance of Myocardial Ischemia in Stable Patients After Recovery From an Acute Coronary Event
Moss A, Goldstein R, Hall W, Bigger J, Fleiss J, Greenberg H, Bodenheimer M, Krone R, Marcus F, Wackers F, Benhorin J, Brown M, Case R, Coromilas J, Dwyer E, Gillespie J, Gregory J, Kleiger R, Lichstein E, Parker J, Raubertas R, Stern S, Tzivoni D, Van Voorhees L, Krasicky G, Shah R, Walroth J, Greengart A, Moriel M, Challis T, Blood D, Rolnitzky L, DePuey G, Kuller L, Odoroff C, Schwartz R, Annechiarico R, Andrews M, Severski P, Ma G, Edwards J, Fischer K, Freedland K, Cobb L, Korsten J, Williams W, Algeo S, Chandysson P. Detection and Significance of Myocardial Ischemia in Stable Patients After Recovery From an Acute Coronary Event. JAMA 1993, 269: 2379-2385. DOI: 10.1001/jama.1993.03500180071037.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAcute coronary eventsSymptomatic myocardial ischemiaCoronary eventsST depressionMyocardial ischemiaNoninvasive testingExercise-induced ST depressionReversible thallium-201 defectsSubsequent coronary eventsHigh-risk subsetST-segment depressionThallium-201 scintigraphyThallium-201 defectsAcute myocardial infarctionNoninvasive test resultsPrimary eventFirst primary eventsPostcoronary patientsRecent hospitalizationSegment depressionUnstable anginaAmbulatory outpatientsCohort studyStable patientsExercise duration