2003
Prognostic significance of ischemic electrocardiographic changes during adenosine infusion in patients with normal myocardial perfusion imaging
Abbott B, Afshar M, Berger A, Wackers F. Prognostic significance of ischemic electrocardiographic changes during adenosine infusion in patients with normal myocardial perfusion imaging. Journal Of Nuclear Cardiology 2003, 10: 9-16. PMID: 12569326, DOI: 10.1067/mnc.2002.127625.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNormal myocardial perfusion imagingAdenosine myocardial perfusion imagingST-segment depressionMyocardial perfusion imagingIschemic ECG changesCardiac eventsECG changesAdenosine infusionCardiac deathPrognostic significanceECG groupNormal myocardial perfusion imagesBaseline electrocardiographic abnormalitiesAdverse cardiac eventsIschemic electrocardiographic changesNonfatal myocardial infarctionSubsequent cardiac eventsFuture cardiac eventsNormal myocardial perfusionSex-matched groupPerfusion imagesECG evidenceElectrocardiographic abnormalitiesIndependent predictorsElectrocardiographic changes
1994
Exercise myocardial perfusion imaging.
Wackers F. Exercise myocardial perfusion imaging. Journal Of Nuclear Medicine 1994, 35: 726-9. PMID: 8151402.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1993
Factors affecting uniformity in interpretation of planar thallium-201 imaging in a Multicenter trial
Wackers F, Bodenheimer M, Fleiss J, Brown M, Investigators T. Factors affecting uniformity in interpretation of planar thallium-201 imaging in a Multicenter trial. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 1993, 21: 1064-1074. PMID: 8459059, DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(93)90226-q.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClinical centersThallium-201 imagesCore laboratoryClinical investigatorsSilent myocardial ischemiaPlanar thallium-201 imagesThallium-201 imagingLack of standardizationCircumferential profile analysisPlanar thallium-201 imagingReproducibility of interpretationMulticenter trialMulticenter studyMyocardial ischemiaMyocardial perfusion imagesSuboptimal reproducibilityInterobserver agreementKappa statisticsPerfusion imagesPoor interlaboratory agreementComputer quantificationObjective criteriaInterlaboratory agreementPoor agreementEffects of standardization
1990
Serial changes in myocardial perfusion using tomographic technetium-99m-hexakis-2-methoxy-2-methylpropyl-isonitrile imaging following reperfusion therapy of myocardial infarction.
Pellikka P, Behrenbeck T, Verani M, Mahmarian J, Wackers F, Gibbons R. Serial changes in myocardial perfusion using tomographic technetium-99m-hexakis-2-methoxy-2-methylpropyl-isonitrile imaging following reperfusion therapy of myocardial infarction. Journal Of Nuclear Medicine 1990, 31: 1269-75. PMID: 2143527.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsReperfusion therapyMyocardial infarctionTc-sestamibiAcute reperfusion therapyFirst myocardial infarctionSuccessful reperfusionTomographic myocardial perfusion imagesSerial changesHypoperfused myocardiumMean decreaseFinal studyMyocardial perfusionPatientsSignificant improvementMyocardial perfusion imagesSecond studyTherapyPerfusion imagesReperfusionInfarctionPerfusionFurther decreaseHrTomographic imagingImaging