2018
Serial Assessment of Coronary Flow Reserve by Rubidium-82 Positron Emission Tomography Predicts Mortality in Heart Transplant Recipients
Feher A, Srivastava A, Quail MA, Boutagy NE, Khanna P, Wilson L, Miller EJ, Liu YH, Lee F, Sinusas AJ. Serial Assessment of Coronary Flow Reserve by Rubidium-82 Positron Emission Tomography Predicts Mortality in Heart Transplant Recipients. JACC Cardiovascular Imaging 2018, 13: 109-120. PMID: 30343093, PMCID: PMC6461525, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2018.08.025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedCoronary Artery DiseaseFemaleFractional Flow Reserve, MyocardialHeart TransplantationHumansMaleMiddle AgedMyocardial Perfusion ImagingPositron-Emission TomographyPredictive Value of TestsProspective StudiesRadiopharmaceuticalsReproducibility of ResultsRubidium RadioisotopesTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeConceptsPositron emission tomographyLong-term prognostic valueSerial assessmentPET-2Pet-1Cause mortalityHT patientsPrognostic valueHigh CFRLow CFRRb positron-emission tomographyEmission tomographyRb-82 positron emission tomographyRubidium-82 positron emission tomographyPET imagingHeart transplantation patientsHistory of HTCardiac allograft vasculopathyHeart transplant recipientsLong-term mortalitySingle-center studyMultivariate Cox regressionCoronary flow reserveAllograft vasculopathyHT recipients
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
1995
Optimal timing and indications for cholecystectomy in cardiac transplant patients
Begos D, Franco K, Baldwin J, Lee F, Revkin J, Modlin I. Optimal timing and indications for cholecystectomy in cardiac transplant patients. World Journal Of Surgery 1995, 19: 661-667. PMID: 7676717, DOI: 10.1007/bf00294752.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCardiac transplantSeptic complicationsTransplant patientsEnd-stage cardiac diseaseCases of cholecystectomyPostcardiac transplant patientsCardiac transplant patientsStandard management approachType of procedureAsymptomatic calculiElective cholecystectomyPosttransplant groupsPosttransplant surveillancePretransplant groupPretransplant screeningUncontrollable arrhythmiaUrgent cholecystectomyAcute cholecystitisCardiac transplantationPosttransplant patientsPretransplant patientsHeart transplantSuch patientsTransplant centersCardiac risk