1995
Relationship between reverse redistribution on planar thallium scintigraphy and regional myocardial viability: a correlative PET study.
Soufer R, Dey H, Lawson A, Wackers F, Zaret B. Relationship between reverse redistribution on planar thallium scintigraphy and regional myocardial viability: a correlative PET study. Journal Of Nuclear Medicine 1995, 36: 180-7. PMID: 7830110.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPlanar thallium scintigraphyCardiac eventsThallium scintigraphyReverse redistributionChronic coronary artery diseasePET viabilityAbnormal regional wall motionPlanar thallium imagesMyocardial Infarction trialPercent of patientsFuture cardiac eventsFuture cardiovascular eventsCoronary artery diseaseFavorable clinical outcomeMyocardial metabolic activityRegional wall motion analysisRegional wall motionPercent of segmentsWall motion analysisPET criteriaCardiovascular eventsReperfusion therapyArtery diseaseClinical outcomesPrognostic value
1994
Effects of altered left ventricular geometry on quantitative technetium 99m sestamibi defect size in humans: Perfusion imaging during coronary angioplasty
Haronian H, Sinusas A, Remetz M, Brennan J, Cabin H, Zaret B, Wackers F. Effects of altered left ventricular geometry on quantitative technetium 99m sestamibi defect size in humans: Perfusion imaging during coronary angioplasty. Journal Of Nuclear Cardiology 1994, 1: 150-158. PMID: 9420682, DOI: 10.1007/bf02984087.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPercutaneous transluminal coronary angioplastyLeft ventricular geometryAltered left ventricular geometryCoronary angioplastyRegional wall motionVentricular geometryEnd-diastolic imagesMyocardial perfusionExercise-induced myocardial ischemiaAbnormal regional wall motionMyocardial risk areaTransluminal coronary angioplastyQuantitative defectsExperimental animal modelsPlanar myocardial perfusionMyocardial perfusion imagingQuantitative technetiumResultsNine patientsVentricular functionCoronary arteryMyocardial infarctionVessel occlusionMyocardial ischemiaPerfusion defectsWall motion
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