1998
Limitations of dobutamine for enhancing flow heterogeneity in the presence of single coronary stenosis: implications for technetium-99m-sestamibi imaging.
Wu JC, Yun JJ, Heller EN, Dione DP, DeMan P, Liu YH, Zaret BL, Wackers FJ, Sinusas AJ. Limitations of dobutamine for enhancing flow heterogeneity in the presence of single coronary stenosis: implications for technetium-99m-sestamibi imaging. Journal Of Nuclear Medicine 1998, 39: 417-25. PMID: 9529285.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSingle-vessel stenosisMyocardial blood flowDobutamine stressCoronary stenosisTechnetium-99mBlood flowLeft circumflex artery stenosisCircumflex artery stenosisFlow deficitsSingle coronary stenosisCoronary artery diseaseRate-pressure productRegional myocardial blood flowLeft ventricular pressurePeak dobutamine stressOpen-chest dogsNonischemic flowArtery diseaseArtery stenosisPeak dobutamineSestamibi activitySevere stenosisVentricular pressureSestamibi imagingIschemic zone
1984
Pathoanatomic correlates of regional left ventricular wall motion assessed by equilibrium radionuclide angiocardiography: A postmortem correlation
Sinusas A, Hardin N, Clements J, Wackers F. Pathoanatomic correlates of regional left ventricular wall motion assessed by equilibrium radionuclide angiocardiography: A postmortem correlation. The American Journal Of Cardiology 1984, 54: 975-981. PMID: 6496360, DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(84)80128-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAbnormal regional wall motionRegional wall motionPostmortem findingsPathoanatomic correlatesEquilibrium radionuclideLeft bundle branch blockNormal regional wall motionGross myocardial lesionsLeft ventricular wall motionBundle branch blockLeft ventricular segmentsRegional left ventricular wall motionVentricular wall motionFalse-negative segmentsCoronary arterySevere stenosisMyocardial infarctionNontransmural infarctionBranch blockVentricular segmentsWall motionMyocardial lesionsPatientsPredictive valueAbnormal segments