2016
Illness Severity and Comorbidities Are Associated With Limitations in Computed Tomography Pulmonary Angiography
Nayak G, Yu S, Levsky J, Haramati L. Illness Severity and Comorbidities Are Associated With Limitations in Computed Tomography Pulmonary Angiography. Journal Of Thoracic Imaging 2016, 31: w60-w61. PMID: 27428023, DOI: 10.1097/rti.0000000000000222.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2013
Rationale and Design of a Randomized Trial Comparing Initial Stress Echocardiography versus Coronary CT Angiography in Low‐to‐Intermediate Risk Emergency Department Patients with Chest Pain
Levsky J, Haramati L, Taub C, Spevack D, Menegus M, Travin M, Vega S, Lerer R, Brown‐Manhertz D, Hirschhorn E, Tobin J, Garcia M. Rationale and Design of a Randomized Trial Comparing Initial Stress Echocardiography versus Coronary CT Angiography in Low‐to‐Intermediate Risk Emergency Department Patients with Chest Pain. Echocardiography 2013, 31: 744-750. PMID: 24372760, DOI: 10.1111/echo.12464.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAged, 80 and overCausalityChest PainComorbidityCoronary AngiographyCoronary Artery DiseaseEchocardiographyEmergency Service, HospitalExercise TestFemaleHealth Care CostsHospitalizationHumansIncidenceMaleMiddle AgedNew YorkResearch DesignRisk AssessmentTomography, X-Ray ComputedYoung AdultConceptsTreadmill stress echocardiographyStress echocardiographyEmergency departmentComparative effectiveness researchChest painED chest pain patientsMajor adverse cardiovascular eventsRisk Emergency Department PatientsSignificant coronary artery diseaseED/hospitalAcute chest painAdverse cardiovascular eventsIncidence of hospitalizationChest pain patientsCoronary artery diseaseEmergency department patientsImaging modalitiesLength of stayCoronary CT angiographyDecrease healthcare expendituresNoninvasive diagnostic algorithmCost of careNoninvasive imaging modalityCardiovascular eventsObservational registry
2012
Pulmonary embolism diagnosis and mortality with pulmonary CT angiography versus ventilation-perfusion scintigraphy: evidence of overdiagnosis with CT?
Sheh S, Bellin E, Freeman K, Haramati L. Pulmonary embolism diagnosis and mortality with pulmonary CT angiography versus ventilation-perfusion scintigraphy: evidence of overdiagnosis with CT? American Journal Of Roentgenology 2012, 198: 1340-5. PMID: 22623546, DOI: 10.2214/ajr.11.6426.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPulmonary CT angiographyVentilation-perfusion scintigraphyPulmonary embolismCT angiographyQ scintigraphyPulmonary emboliOutcome-based clinical trialsSocial Security Death IndexUrban academic medical centerEvidence of overdiagnosisOdds of deathPulmonary embolic diseasePossibility of overdiagnosisCase fatality ratePulmonary embolism diagnosisDate of deathLogistic regression analysisAcademic medical centerEmbolic diseaseIncident diagnosisDeath IndexClinical trialsHospital databaseDisease spectrumMedical Center