2024
Association between 82Rb positron emission tomography-derived regional myocardial blood flow, severity of angiographic coronary artery stenosis, and mortality in patients with chest pain
Gallegos C, Paredes C, Hu J, Posada E, Saito Y, Lansky A, Shah S, Liu Y, Smolderen K, Mena-Hurtado C, Sinusas A, Miller E. Association between 82Rb positron emission tomography-derived regional myocardial blood flow, severity of angiographic coronary artery stenosis, and mortality in patients with chest pain. Advances In Radiotherapy & Nuclear Medicine 2024, 2: 3786. DOI: 10.36922/arnm.3786.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMyocardial flow reserveGlobal myocardial flow reserveQuantitative coronary angiographyAssociated with increased all-cause mortalityPositron emission tomographyCoronary artery stenosis severityMyocardial blood flowAll-cause mortalityCoronary angiographyChest painStenosis severityAngiographic coronary artery stenosisResting myocardial blood flowAcute chest painBlood flowInvasive coronary angiographyLeft circumflex arteryLeft descending arteryRight coronary arteryCoronary artery stenosisStress testCoronary stenosis severityCardiovascular eventsDescending arteryWeak correlation
2018
Comparison of procedural success between two radial sheaths
Gul B, Stolar M, Stair B, Hermany P, Willis S, Mena-Hurtado C, Attaran R. Comparison of procedural success between two radial sheaths. Herz 2018, 45: 79-85. PMID: 29767330, DOI: 10.1007/s00059-018-4707-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGlidesheath SlenderPercutaneous coronary angiographyProcedural success rateCoronary angiographySheath groupStandard sheathTransradial approachRadial accessProcedural outcomesProcedural failureTransradial coronary angiographyRadial artery spasmBody mass indexSuccess rateArtery spasmCardiac catheterizationPatient characteristicsProcedural successMass indexCommon causeResultsThe studyRadial sheathMore casesPatientsAngiography