2003
Simultaneous assessment of myocardial perfusion and function during mental stress in patients with chronic coronary artery disease
Arrighi JA, Burg M, Cohen IS, Soufer R. Simultaneous assessment of myocardial perfusion and function during mental stress in patients with chronic coronary artery disease. Journal Of Nuclear Cardiology 2003, 10: 267-274. PMID: 12794625, DOI: 10.1016/s1071-3581(02)43235-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMyocardial perfusion imagingChronic coronary artery diseaseLeft ventricular dysfunctionVentricular dysfunctionCoronary artery diseaseReversible perfusion defectsPerfusion defectsArtery diseaseVentricular functionMyocardial perfusionNew regional wall motion abnormalitiesSestamibi single-photon emissionPharmacologic stress myocardial perfusion imagingStress myocardial perfusion imagingGlobal left ventricular dysfunctionRegional wall motion abnormalitiesResultsTwenty-eight patientsLeft ventricular functionWall motion abnormalitiesTomography (SPECT) MPIMyocardial perfusion defectsRegional wall motionCircumferential profile analysisSingle photon emissionSimultaneous assessment
1995
Comparison of sestamibi single-photon emission computed tomography with positron emission tomography for estimating left ventricular myocarclial viability
Soufer R, Dey H, Ng C, Zaret B. Comparison of sestamibi single-photon emission computed tomography with positron emission tomography for estimating left ventricular myocarclial viability. The American Journal Of Cardiology 1995, 75: 1214-1219. PMID: 7778542, DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(99)80765-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedCoronary DiseaseDeoxyglucoseFluorine RadioisotopesFluorodeoxyglucose F18HumansMaleMiddle AgedMyocardial ContractionRadionuclide VentriculographyStroke VolumeTechnetium Tc 99m SestamibiTomography, Emission-ComputedTomography, Emission-Computed, Single-PhotonVentricular Function, LeftConceptsPositron emission tomographySestamibi single-photon emissionSingle photon emissionCoronary artery diseaseMyocardial viabilityInferior wallArtery diseaseEmission tomographyFDG positron emission tomographySubset of patientsRegional ejection fractionDiscordant segmentsNonviable segmentsEjection fractionMethoxyisobutyl isonitrileRadionuclide ventriculographySestamibi protocolBlood flowMyocardial segmentsPatientsViable segmentsFluorodeoxyglucoseMIBITomographyDisease