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
1992
Tc-99m SestaMIBI: Will it replace Tl-201 in clinical cardiology?
Wackers F. Tc-99m SestaMIBI: Will it replace Tl-201 in clinical cardiology? Developments In Cardiovascular Medicine 1992, 128: 239-248. DOI: 10.1007/978-94-011-2666-3_16.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCoronary artery diseaseArtery diseaseEjection fractionPharmacological vasodilatationPhysical exerciseTl-201Regional wall motion studiesFirst-pass ejection fractionVentricular ejection fractionSize of infarctionAcute myocardial infarctionMyocardial perfusion imagingRegional wall motionMyocardial blood flowWall motion studiesThousands of patientsLower extraction fractionMyocardial salvageThrombolytic therapyVentricular functionCoronary occlusionMyocardial infarctionMyocardial ischemiaSestamibi imagingMyocardial viability
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
1980
Comparison of exercise radionuclide angiocardiography and thallium-201 myocardial perfusion imaging in coronary artery disease
Johnstone D, Sands M, Berger H, Reduto L, Lachman A, Wackers F, Cohen L, Gottschalk A, Zaret B. Comparison of exercise radionuclide angiocardiography and thallium-201 myocardial perfusion imaging in coronary artery disease. The American Journal Of Cardiology 1980, 45: 1113-1119. PMID: 7377108, DOI: 10.1016/0002-9149(80)90467-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoronary artery diseaseExercise thallium studiesArtery diseaseVentricular reserveEjection fractionThallium studiesPerfusion defectsLeft ventricular ejection fractionThallium-201 myocardial perfusion imagingThallium-201 myocardial perfusionExercise-induced perfusion defectsRegional wall motion abnormalitiesExercise thallium imagesNormal coronary arteriesUpright bicycle exerciseSingle-vessel diseaseT segment depressionVentricular ejection fractionAbnormal exerciseThallium perfusion defectsWall motion abnormalitiesMyocardial perfusion imagingRegional wall motionExercise radionuclideIschemic S