1996
Quantitative comparison of planar and SPECT normal data files of thallium-201, technetium-99m-sestamibi, technetium-99m-tetrofosmin and technetium-99m-furifosmin.
Naruse H, Daher E, Sinusas A, Jain D, Natale D, Mattera J, Makuch R, Wackers FJ. Quantitative comparison of planar and SPECT normal data files of thallium-201, technetium-99m-sestamibi, technetium-99m-tetrofosmin and technetium-99m-furifosmin. Journal Of Nuclear Medicine 1996, 37: 1783-8. PMID: 8917175.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPrognostic 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
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 redistributionReinjectionReproducibility of quantitative planar thallium-201 scintigraphy: quantitative criteria for reversibility of myocardial perfusion defects.
Sigal S, Soufer R, Fetterman R, Mattera J, Wackers F. Reproducibility of quantitative planar thallium-201 scintigraphy: quantitative criteria for reversibility of myocardial perfusion defects. Journal Of Nuclear Medicine 1991, 32: 759-65. PMID: 2022979.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1990
Quantitative analysis of planar technetium-99m-sestamibi myocardial perfusion images using modified background subtraction.
Koster K, Wackers F, Mattera J, Fetterman R. Quantitative analysis of planar technetium-99m-sestamibi myocardial perfusion images using modified background subtraction. Journal Of Nuclear Medicine 1990, 31: 1400-8. PMID: 2143529.Peer-Reviewed Original Research